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Marketplace

By Daisy Palacios and Lily Jamali

Can Tech Help Improve Your Sleep?

Marketplace’s Lily Jamali stopped by the National Sleep Foundation’s booth to meet some folks there thinking about sleep. She spoke with Biquan Luo, co-founder and CEO of Lumos Tech, whose company makes what looks like a regular sleep mask, but has embedded LED lights. It’s designed to help recalibrate a user’s sleep schedule.

AthletechNews

By Elizabeth Ostertag 

Product of the Week: Can the Lumos Mask Help You Get Better Sleep?

Most travelers or workers with variable sleep schedules have intense routines. Blackout curtains, sleep medications and caffeine have been prior solutions to such problems. But what if there were a way to use natural light to solve such sleep issues, even while on the road? 

The Wall Street Journal

By Mark Ellwood

Can This Mask Make Jet Lag a Thing of the Past?

Most seasoned travelers have a jet-lag-prevention routine that they follow with religious fervor. These practices—in-flight fasting, Xanax washed down with red wine—tend to have little in common besides questionable scientific merit. The Lumos Smart Sleep Mask, funded by Stanford and NASA, claims to have a cure for your long-haul travel hangover.

National Geographic

By  Jennifer Barger

Jet Lag Doesn’t Have to Ruin Your Trip. Here’s What You Can Do

 You can minimize jet lag by adjusting your bedtime, light exposure, and caffeine intake a few days before your trip.The Lumos Smart Sleep Mask is a new tool travelers can use to help them “pre-adjust” to new time zones.

The Wall Street Journal

By Rebecca Dolan 

Trouble Sleeping? High-Tech Masks Can Help

THOSE EXTRA HOURS of summer sunlight may galvanize early risers, but can wreak havoc on sleep schedules for the rest of us. Without blackout curtains to shun the sun (as irksome as they are to install), many bedrooms don’t get the recommended 8 hours of darkness. To the rescue: new high-tech sleep masks that can help ensure slumber, especially if you’re looking to reset your body clock or need to combat jet lag.

CNET 

By  Lexy Savvides 

Bon Voyage, Jet Lag? This Smart Sleep Mask Promises a Cure 

Most travelers or workers with variable sleep schedules have intense routines. Blackout curtains, sleep medications and caffeine have been prior solutions to such problems. But what if there were a way to use natural light to solve such sleep issues, even while on the road? 

Fox News

By  Melissa Rudy

Sleep Interrupted: What to Do, and What Not to Do, When You Wake Up and Can’t Drift Back Off

Anyone who has ever woken up in the middle of the night and struggled to go back to sleep knows the toll insomnia can take the following day.

Dr. Biquan Luo, a San Francisco sleep expert and CEO of LumosTech, which produces a smart sleep mask to promote healthy circadian rhythms, shared some of the reasons and remedies for waking up at night.

AthletechNews

By Elizabeth Ostertag 

CEO Corner: Lumos’ Dr. Biquan Luo Aims To Change Lives With Sleep Tech

Dr. Biquan Luo, PhD, founded LumosTech and created the brand’s flagship Lumos Sleep Mask in 2016 as a way to combat jetlag. As a student, Dr. Luo traveled frequently between her hometown in Asia and the U.S., and wanted a way to improve her sleep while on the move. Eight years later, the Lumos Sleep Mask is now used by the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun and athletes including Josh Kerr, an Olympic Bronze Medalist and 2023 World Champion in the 1500-meter run.

Sports Business Journal 

By  Joe Lemire

Connecticut Sun-Lumos Tech partnership helps coaches and staff optimize circadian rhythm

Discover a groundbreaking collaboration between the Connecticut Sun and LumosTech as they embark on a journey to redefine sports travel. Developed by Stanford scientists and funded by a NASA-affiliated research institute, Lumos Tech's sleep mask uses light technology to erase jet lag.

Profluence Sports

kyle pfaffenbach – special advisor lumostech & brooks running

Kyle Pfaffenbach is a high-end performance nutritionist, helping mostly athletes but also founders optimize their performance.

Plaffenbach has a B.S. and M.S. in exercise science from Colorado State University, along with a Ph.D. in nutrition from CSU.

LumosTech is an innovative sleep mask utilizing circadian rhythm studies to help improve sleep. They recently signed a deal with a WNBA team.

Authority Magazine

By  Jake Frankel

Sleep: Dr Biquan Luo of Lumos On Why You Should Make Getting A Good Night’s Sleep A Major Priority In Your Life, And How You Can Make That Happen

In an exclusive interview with Authority Magazine, Dr. Luo sheds light on why prioritizing restful nights is essential for overall well-being. From enhancing cognitive function to bolstering immune health, discover the myriad benefits of a good night's sleep. Join Dr. Luo on a journey toward better sleep and a brighter tomorrow with Lumos.

Fox News

By  Melissa Rudy

Ask a doctor: 'Can warming my feet really help me sleep better?'

When it comes to improving sleep, there are plenty of widely known tips, such as maintaining a regular bedtime, using blackout curtains, avoiding electronics as you wind down and more — but one less common idea is to warm up your feet.

Dr Biquan Luo, a biomedical scientist and founder of LumosTech in San Francisco, shared her insights into why warming your feet can help you get more sleep — and better sleep. 

 

CNET

By  Taylor Leamey

adiós, jet lag: sleep better while traveling with these 7 tips

It's no secret that going on a trip can disrupt your sleep patterns. Problems can multiply if you travel long distances across multiple time zones, often resulting in jet lag.

The circadian rhythm is our internal clock, and it helps regulate when we should go to sleep and wake up. 

Taking a trip this spring? Here are simple ways to protect your sleep from time zone changes.

Briefly

By  Omi

Smart Sleep Mask (Better Routine): 4 Best Technologies to Enhance Wellness

Smart sleep mask wearable techs are here to help you have a good night’s sleep. 

You may ask: How can technology be incorporated into our traditional sleep masks? How do they work? And who are they for? Recent years have seen a boom in the smart sleep mask market, with many more innovative products coming out.

Travel+Leisure

By  Sophie Dodd 

22 Essentials for Your Next Solo Trip, According to T+L Editors

One of the most delightful — and daunting — aspects of solo travel is that you’re in charge of everything. Much like how you get to choose wherever and whenever you eat and sleep or can opt to relax rather than rush to sightsee each day, you also determine what objects are worthy of making the journey with you.