Music soothes the savage beast but in this case, human can get the most out of the White Noise Mobile app when it comes to sleeping better. This app has versions for the iPhone, Android devices and the Blackberry, offering sounds which should lull you to sleep any day.

It comes in two versions: the free and the full version. The full version for the iPhone, Android Phones, and the BlackBerry costs about $1.99 while the Windows Mobile and Palm WebOS versions are priced at $2.99.

The free version includes 10 sample sounds, like a running fan, the sound of an airplane cabin, crickets in a forest, and the sounds of a train rolling along its tracks. The full version allows the app to run in the background, and adds another 30 sounds to the app so you can choose between light storms or heavy rain, beach waves or thundering ocean waves, and more.

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The White Noise Mobile App Helps You Sleep Better

It took them quite some time to finally release there alarm clocks but now it looks like they will finally be released by WakeMate. They should have come out as early as November last year and for some reason which WakeMate has not yet explained, delays and only a handful of shipments came out last April.

WakeMate’s product consists of a $50 wristband that you wear while you’re sleeping, which can analyze your sleeping patterns and wake you up at the opportune time so that you can beat morning grogginess.

Data from the wristband is relayed to a mobile device where the company is reportedly developing companion applications for the iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry.

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WakeMate Alarm Clocks Finally Coming Out?

So says a professor who thinks that if driving while distracted by your technological gadget is bad enough, imagine what trying to hold up your end of the conversation in your relationship might be. Relationships rely on good, clear communication. Driving relies on good, clear undivided attention and no distraction. The two don’t seem entirely compatible, so it seems to reason the good professor has a point.

“In general, cell phone usage while driving might lead to missed relationship stop lights, slow reactions to dangerous relationship circumstances, loss of control of one’s part of the interaction, and interaction mistakes that could lead to conflict, hurt feelings, misunderstandings, and possibly even serious damage to the relationship,” Rosenblatt says in the article.

Various friends have told me over the years — and it’s something I’ve experienced myself — that it often seems like a person isn’t really “listening” when they talk to them when they’re driving. Divided attention usually means one or both tasks end up getting the short end of the straw. That could have dangerous consequences — not just for ourselves, but for the health of our relationship.

The easiest solution is also the simplest — put down the cell phone while you’re in the car. If you must take a call while driving, let the caller know you’re driving and keep the conversations on-task and brief. Or better yet, let the call go to voicemail and return it when you’re out of the car. Unless you work from your vehicle (e.g., a contractor or tradesman), driving while talking on your cell phone is just a risk that you should try to minimize and, whenever possible, avoid altogether.

Read the full article: Relationship Damage From Talking on Cell Phone while Driving?