How the Zeo sleep device works around the limitations of home monitoring

The Zeo is part of a trend toward using technology to monitor our own bodies. People have always been concerned about their health, of course, and have tried different things to see what works (including rather absurd superstitions). But now there are ways to bolster one's curiosity with real scientific data.

The Zeo makes this data available for people who may have sleep problems--and quite a lot do, judging from a 2005 National Sleep Foundation (NSF) poll (a recent poll covering a wide range of adults):

26% say they had "a good night's sleep" only a few nights a month or less. Another 24% report having "a good night's sleep" a few nights a week.

This blog is meant to be a technical discussion, not a consumer guide, so I took the opportunity to talk to Ben Rubin, CTO and cofounder of Zeo, just a couple weeks after the official release of the Zeo to get some information on two aspects:

• How it collects data during sleep
• How they analyze the data to help the customer sleep better

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