Ever worry that your little one may not be getting enough rest? Perhaps they're tossing and turning during the nights out of fear of monsters under the bed, or perhaps they're simply too amped up from their day's play. Whatever the reason, there's no need to fear. A new smart bed debuted this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show's "Internet of Things", and it has got the stats and gadgets to let your children and yourself sleep with ease.
Now the concept of a smart bed is not something new, with Sleep Number's x12 smart bed a hot-selling item for adults, but the new SleepIQ Kids bed from the manufacturer is far more practical than simply adjusting the position and plush nature of your bed. Utilizing similar sensor technology as in their previous smart bed models, the company developed the SleepIQ Kids with more the parents in mind. The bed not only monitors the child's quality of sleep, determining whether diet, stress and other daily activities are impairing their nap-time cycles, but it also keeps track of the child's breathing and heart-rate too.
With this technology, parents are able to best assess the sleeping habits of their child and are also able to inform family physicians of any abnormal sleep patterns that may be signs of something more serious down the road.
Interactive at heart, the sleep dashboard application available through the Android marketplace allows parent to track how well their little ones are resting, and alerts the parents when the child is out of bed too-rather important not only for safety, but also for those children with a bad case of sleep-walking around the house. If the child gets a stuffy nose, or is hard of breathing, the bed can adjust its height to make things easier, and parents can remotely "tuck-in" the digital aspects of the bed when it gets too late at night.
But those aren't even some of the coolest features. Since the bed is designed for kids, it's obviously got have an anti-monster under the bed feature, wouldn't you say? And does it. The mobile monster detector, activated by hovering a smartphone or tablet under the bottom of the bed, reveals whether the coast is clear of any and all bad guys-ghosts and ghouls included. And if your little one is a light sleeper, then the night-light function illuminating the bottom of the bed is perfect for you.
The only drawback is the price tag, but for ease of mind it may be worth it.
SleepIQ Kids begins shipping in the US later this year, available in twin, full and queen size options, and are priced at roughly $1,000 dollars each.
