Yes, but there is better living through technology.

I was just talking to a guy tonight who had an amazing improve-your-sleep smart phone app. He would put the cell phone on his bed and it would measure vibrations - so it could tell if you were tossing and turning. It apparently could tell when you were in the deepest sleep.

Then there were ways of typing in how much and when you ate, whether you drank or not, whether you exercised or not, whether you socialized or not and the app collects data over several weeks. Eventually it would tell you which combination of behaviours gave you the best and deepest sleep.

The guy told us that he wakes up more often now feeling fantastic. $3 app. He said the best thing about it was that it had an alarm that would not wake him in a deep sleep cycle. He would tell the app to wake him between 7:00 and 8:00 and it would sense by his movements when he is out of the deepest sleep. I think this is very cool.

He looked pretty good too -- and had a busy software business and family life. I don't know what the app was called, but if anyone is interested, I will ask him.