Quite simply all light tells your brain to stay up. However, there is a wavelength that tells your brain even more to stay up. That wavelength is the blue light spectrum and it is abundant in almost all electronic devices.
Today I break it down extensively so you understand fully how those pesky electronics are responsible for your cruddy night sleep and accompanying days.
Read MoreWhen I am my higher self I get excited thinking about the ways we are growing as a species. I get excited knowing that we are traveling to the stars, curing diseases and using our minds to enrich the entire world.
Today I want to showcase an app that is uniting sighted volunteers with blind persons who could use some daily assistance. The app is called Be My Eyes and it uses the video functionality of a smartphone to allow blind users to request help from sighted volunteers.
Read MoreRegardless of how much sleep you get sometimes you just can't wake up refreshed. You chock it up to a poor night's sleep or you blame your significant other for tossing and turning or snoring. The truth is we have all been leaving our wake up demeanor to chance for centuries.
Scientists have been able to determine exactly when the optimal time to wake up is, it's based on your phases of sleep. In today's episode I talk about those levels of sleep and an excellent app for android and iPhone that wakes you up capitalizing on that information.
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