Sleep Better

A good night’s sleep makes all the difference in the world. It’s not just your mother saying this, but science says so as well.* SleepScore Labs makes tracking and understanding one’s sleep performance easy with their smartphone app, SleepScore.

In the above interview, filmed at CES 2022, Colin Lawlor, CEO of SleepScore Labs, speaks of the health benefits of a good night’s sleep, as well the importance of understanding one’s sleep score.

As background, SleepScore Lab’s mission is

To use the most actionable and personalized sleep insights to help people achieve more fulfilling lives and better long-term health through their best sleep.”

SleepScore Lab’s partners include Mattress Firm, ResMed, the Dr. Oz show, Sleep.com, and IFF.

IFF is a 130+-year-old company with a portfolio of products ranging from taste, texture, scent, nutrition, enzymes, cultures, soy proteins, and probiotics categories. In 2021, IFF introduced its Science of Wellness program to improve consumer wellbeing through the creation of scents. At CES2022, IFF and SleepScore Labs announced a scent solution to help improve people’s sleep.

Interview Highlights #

• 00:12 – Lawlor explains how the SleepScore Labs app turns a smartphone into a non-invasive sleep monitoring system. It uses sound waves to measure respiratory patterns, breathing motion, and general movement in bed. Improvements to one’s sleep using this data can be as simple as changing one’s pillow.
• 01:36 – The data collection supports two different sleepers, using two different smartphones.
• 03:06 – Lawlor points out that the downsides of sleep deprivation can lead to short-term issues like workplace and traffic accidents. Long-term ramifications of sleep deprivation include Alzheimer’s, Type II diabetes, and more.
• 04:52 – Using data from volunteers, SleepScore Labs regularly publishes its new insights around factors, such as environment, air quality, lifestyle, that impact sleep.

* Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker, Ph.D., makes the scientific case for a good night’s sleep as referenced in this ViodiTV interview about the Muse meditation app.