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Your sleep as a work of art
Author: Jonathan Warren
Ever been to a modern art gallery and thought you could do better in your sleep? Well now you can. A new application called the Ibis Sleep Art App transforms your night’s sleep into a digital work of art.
To use the app, users set the in-built alarm clock and place the phone on their mattress. Throughout the night, the app monitors all their tosses, turns and breathing patterns, then visualises their activity as colourful virtual brush strokes.
The app also charts the progress of the artwork throughout the night, so users can see how they slept; natural greens signify a good night’s sleep, whilst red and amber indicate stirring and restlessness. Artwork can also be shared with friends and family on social networks.
The app has developed from an idea by hotel chain Ibis, who recently gave guests the chance to enter a competition where the winners slept in a sensor-equipped bed that robotically translated their sleeping patterns into art. The app version is now available for free on the iPhone.
