Sleep Cycle App Promises No More Sleepless Nights

You're up at sunrise. You go to work, come home, go online and visit with loved ones. Somewhere in between, you find time to eat, buy groceries and watch reruns of Seinfeld. Sounds good, right?

You forgot one thing: sleeping.

Ah, sleep. The fickle mistress. It eludes you for so long and then, the moment you absolutely need it to be brief, you oversleep your job interview by six and a half hours. Heads up: You're doing it wrong.

Sleep Cycle alarm clock, from Maciek Drejak Labs, is your solution.

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The Sleep Tracking Trend

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