London - Inventors have created a sleep mask that promises to ward off jet lag before you have stepped on a plane.
The NeuroOn device is said to work by emitting light which alters the wearer’s sleeping pattern so the brain is prepared for a new time zone.
Users are able to program the gadget according to their destination via a smartphone app.
The £200 (about R3 600) mask then triggers light sensors in the eyes, tricking the brain into thinking that the sun is rising even if it is dark outside.
It means the wearer will wake up at the optimum time for the time zone to which they have to adapt, helping them feel more refreshed when they arrive. For example, if someone is due to fly from London to California in the US, which is eight hours behind, the app will calculate a schedule with “light” and “dark” periods every day for four days. These shift two hours later each day to prepare the wearer for the new time zone.
Kamil Adamczyk, 24, chief executive of Intel Clinic, the company behind the technology, said: “With light therapy the device can manage the production of sleep hormone in the brain.”
The mask, which is machine washable, can be ordered on NeuroOn’s website for £195.34 before its release in September.
Daily Mail