GOTHENBURG, Sweden (PRWEB)
March 25, 2020

Sleep Cycle, the world’s first and most popular smart alarm clock app, has today announced that its premium Sleep Aid content will be free until further notice to help people everywhere get the sleep they need as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause mass disruption, uncertainty and stress.

The Sleep Cycle app is free to download from the App Store and Google Play.

“These are troubling, stressful times,” said Carl Johan Hederoth, CEO of Sleep Cycle. “Sleep is critical to good psychological health, and we want to do everything we can to help people get enough quality sleep as they try to manage the demands of this moment.”

A Little Sleep Aid for Troubling Times

Sleep Cycle’s premium Sleep Aid content was designed by experts in the sleep science field. It’s educational and relaxing and provides an easy, drug-free way to drift off to a peaceful night’s sleep. Users can choose from a broad array of music and sound effects, poetry, relaxation guides and stories.

People new to Sleep Cycle will also benefit from the app’s core features, which use patented sound technology to track sleep and wake users during their lightest sleep phase in a predefined 30-minute window. The app also analyzes sleep, records findings and offers users:

• Detailed sleep statistics and sleep graphs for every night
• Long-term graphs to track sleep quality over time, so users can see which days of the week they sleep best
• Sleep notes to track how daily events and moods affect sleep quality
• Customizable wake-up window (from instant to 90 minutes) and snooze settings
• 15 carefully selected, high-quality alarm melodies and the option to choose music as the wake-up sound
• Snore detection to help track snoring
• Full integration with Apple Health for iOS users

“It’s a good idea to prioritize sleep in general but especially during these extraordinary times,” said Frida Rångtell, Ph.D., sleep scientist, advisor and lecturer. “Many of us are now isolated at home. This is what we have to do to reduce the impact of this virus in our communities, but it’s not ideal for taking care of our circadian rhythms and getting a good night’s sleep. If you can, make sure to get daylight during the day—even if just through a window—and to be active. And in the evening, keep lights dim and engage in calm, relaxing activities.”

About Sleep Cycle

Sleep Cycle is the world’s most popular intelligent alarm clock app that analyzes users’ sleep, records findings and wakes them during their lightest sleep phase so they feel rested and refreshed. The app generates nightly sleep reports, tracks long-term sleep trends, and logs how daily activities impact sleep quality. With millions of users worldwide, Sleep Cycle has also become the world’s richest repository of data on global sleep habits.

For more information—and real-time, interactive sleep data from around the world—visit sleepcycle.com.

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A Chaffey College student picks up a laptop at the Rancho Cucamonga campus on March 24 for the college’s transition to online due to the coronavirus. Classes resume March 30.

“We realize that not all of our students have access to the technology needed to successfully complete an online class, so we are adapting to these unprecedented circumstances by loaning them the tools they need to finish their classes.” – Dr. Henry Shannon, superintendent/president

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (PRWEB)
March 24, 2020

Chaffey College loaned more than 1,000 laptops to students in need this week for the transition to online instruction due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Chaffey handed out the laptops in a drive-thru format at its Rancho Cucamonga, Chino and Fontana campuses.

“Our greatest concern is the health and safety of the campus community, and that is why we have decided to switch all classes online until further notice,” said Chaffey College President/Superintendent Henry Shannon. “We realize that not all of our students have access to the technology needed to successfully complete an online class, so we are adapting to these unprecedented circumstances by loaning them the tools they need to finish their classes.”

Chaffey College expects to receive 5,000 laptops altogether in the next week and will distribute them to students on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The loaners came in the nick of time for Elsie Edmond, a geology major who plans to transfer to a four-year university next spring. Because the pandemic caused her employer to place her on furlough, putting together funds to buy a laptop would have been a challenge.

“I am so grateful for the opportunity to have access to technology since I normally go to the library or borrow others’ computers to complete my homework,” she said.

For Danielle Dorotta, a speech pathology major, the need for a laptop is also crucial. It’s her first semester and she’s taking five courses, all which have transitioned online.

“My brother’s high school gave him a Chromebook, so I was borrowing that from him when he didn’t need it,” she said. “When Chaffey offered to give us Chromebooks, I registered to get one,” she said.

Psychology and deaf studies major Tiffany Kister said she didn’t do well in her first two online courses, so hearing about the transition has made her nervous.

“The fact that they were willing to loan us laptops makes me a little more confident,” she said. “It shows that they were willing to help us out even with all of this stuff that’s going on.”

Chaffey College has had no confirmed cases of coronavirus. In advance of recent state and federal guidelines the college extended its spring break for students by one week to run March 16-27 in preparation for the transition to an all-online modality.

All classes will transition online beginning March 30. In preparation for the switch, faculty received training to deliver courses remotely. Student support services, including admissions, financial aid and counseling, also moved online.

Chaffey has closed its campus to visitors until further notice and all events have been canceled through May 2.

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Polysense access control Pad – IRTMPad

“With the growing spread of a public health pandemic, many facilities with known population, such as an office building, hospital, school or factory want to have restricted access control via body temperature or identity. The goal is to keep the facility with a stable and unaffected population”

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (PRWEB)
March 24, 2020

Polysense Technologies Inc., (Polysense) an innovation leader in IoT solutions for wireless sensing, today announced , a smart pad scanner for conditional access control to facilities such office buildings, schools, hospitals, factories, train, subway, ship, or taxi.

“With the growing spread of a public health pandemic, many facilities with known population, such as an office building, hospital, school or factory want to have restricted access control.” said Alex Wu, President of Polysense. “If an individual is detected with abnormal temperature or not found to belong the facility via face recognition, the access is automatically denied. The goal is to keep the facility with a stable and unaffected population.”

Some common use cases of the scanner pay include, but not limited, to the followings:

(1) An office building with 200 employees can one or multiple install scanner pads at all entrances. When an individual is entering the building, infrared sensor on the scanner will detect the body temperature – if the reading is normal, access is allowed; if abnormal, access is denied. The scanner pad output can be directly fed to existing building access control system.

(2) A hospital, or a school, or a factory, can also install scanner pads at all entrances to monitor the body temperature of all individuals. This will ensure such facilities to have an unaffected population, effectively preventing spread of any public health pandemic.

(3) Optionally, the facial images of the known population of the facility can also be pre-loaded on the scanner pad (up to 30,000 facial images). Offline face recognition, when enabled, can then be performed as a standalone device.

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Advanced Features

Thermal infrared

Built in high-precision thermal infrared module, temperature detection range – 10 ℃ ~ 150 ℃, accuracy ± 0.3 ℃

Support OSD real-time display and superposition of human body temperature

Support configurable temperature threshold level crossing alarm via sound/beep, with adjustable regional temperature difference alarm and other alarm modes

Rich Pad Features

Optional offline face recognition, supporting infrared live detection

Up to 65,000 facial images can be stored locally

Super fast recognition speed, complete recognition within 150 milliseconds

8.5-inch ultra high definition display screen

Good environmental adaptability, adapt to low light and strong backlight, and support automatic face exposure

Wiegand protocol, allowing direct access control, such as control various gates, door opening

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth wireless interfaces

Rich interfaces, integrated 100M Ethernet interface, audio interface, Wiegand interface, relay interface TTL/USB/RS232, tfcard, USB

1 / 2.8 “2 million pixel progressive scanning image sensor, excellent low illumination

The maximum output resolution is 1920 × 1080 @ 30fps, and the image quality is clear and smooth

Support 2D and 3D digital noise reduction function, clean picture and low noise

Support h.265 + / h.265 / H.264 / MJPEG video compression algorithm, support multi-level video quality configuration and coding complexity setting

5 watts ultra low power consumption

Availability

WxS x800-IRTMPad, standalone, wi-Fi or Ethernet, is available immediately for ordering and delivery. For pricing or further information, Please contact : info@polysense.net

About Polysense

Located in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Beijing, Luo Yang and Shanghai, China, Polysense develops IoT products and solutions for smart enterprise, city and home, including distributed fiber sensing, LPWAN LoRa, NB-IoT/LTE CAT M and Wi-Fi/BLE based wireless IoT sensors and cloud based data management and analytics cloud platform iView, edge computing platform iEdge, smartphone App iPalm

Polysense Press Contact: Lavinia Chen

Email: lchen@polysense.net

Phone: (408) 800 7728

Web: http://www.polysense.net

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L-com Now Stocks Waterproof USB 3.0 Cable Assemblies for Harsh Environment Applications

“The addition of these new IP67-rated USB 3.0 cables adds to our extensive line of waterproof USB interconnects and provides our customers with even more options when dealing with USB connectivity in unforgiving environments,” said Dustin Guttadauro, Product Line Manager

IRVINE, Calif. (PRWEB)
March 24, 2020

L-com, an Infinite Electronics brand and a preferred manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, announced today that it has introduced a new series of IP67- rated waterproof USB 3.0 cable assemblies for use in test and measurement, data transfer and harsh environment computing applications.

L-com’s new waterproof USB cable assemblies are USB 3.0 compliant and feature a waterproof, panel/enclosure mount connector on one end of the assembly. These rugged cables boast threaded couplings and O-ring seals that ensure IP67-rated protection from water and dust. Rugged, molded backshells deliver durability and 30-micro-inch gold-contact plating provides a reliable connection even with repeated mating cycles. Off-the-shelf configurations include waterproof USB-A-male to standard USB-B-male, waterproof USB-A-female to standard USB-A-male and waterproof USB-B-female to standard USB-A-male options.

Additionally, shielded versions are offered that employ a metal coupling nut that provides a 360-degree shield when mated with a metal, female L-com U3A cable assembly. Shielded, waterproof USB cable options include shielded waterproof USB-A-male to standard US-B-male and shielded waterproof USB-A-male to standard USB-A-male assemblies.

“The addition of these new IP67-rated USB 3.0 cables adds to our extensive line of waterproof USB interconnects and provides our customers with even more options when dealing with USB connectivity in unforgiving environments. Furthermore, since the new assemblies are USB 3.0 complaint, they are able to handle up to 4.8 Gbps data rates to address today’s high-speed computing applications,” said Dustin Guttadauro, Product Line Manager.

L-com’s new waterproof USB 3.0 cable assemblies are all in-stock and available for immediate shipment.

About L-com:

L-com, a leading manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, offers a wide range of solutions and unrivaled customer service for the electronics and data communications industries. The company’s product portfolio includes cable assemblies, connectors, adapters, antennas, enclosures, surge protectors and more. L-com is headquartered in North Andover, Mass., is ISO 9001: 2015 certified and many of its products are UL® recognized. L-com is an Infinite Electronics brand.

About Infinite Electronics:

Based in Irvine, Calif., Infinite Electronics offers a broad range of components, assemblies and wired/wireless connectivity solutions, serving the aerospace/defense, industrial, government, consumer electronics, instrumentation, medical and telecommunications markets. Infinite’s brands include Pasternack, Fairview Microwave, L-com, MilesTek, Aiconics, KP Performance Antennas, PolyPhaser, Transtector, RadioWaves, ShowMe Cables, INC-Installs and Integra Optics. Infinite Electronics serves a global engineering customer base with deep technical expertise and support, with one of the broadest inventories of products available for immediate shipment.

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UV-C Corner-Mount Upper Air Units

When looking into UV-C light to protect you, your clients and your family from viruses, there are three current technologies to consider. These are hand-held devices, upper-air units and HVAC units.

DELANO, Tenn. (PRWEB)
March 24, 2020

UV-C light is one of 4 different wavelengths of ultraviolet light. UV-C has the shortest wavelength and is the most powerful at killing viruses and bacteria. The ozone layer does not allow UV-C light to reach the earth’s surface. Therefore, organisms have never been exposed to this form of UV light and they have no resistance to it. That is why they quickly die when exposed to artificial UV-C light sources. Direct UV-C light is also dangerous for humans. It can cause eye irritation and sunburn upon exposure. UV-C germicidal devices are generally designed to prevent skin or eye exposure but it is important to remember to avoid looking at the light or allowing exposure to bare skin. Also, do not touch the bulbs with bare skin as the oils from our fingers etch into the quartz and shorten the life of the bulb.

CURRENT UVC TECHNOLOGIES TO KILL VIRUSES & BACTERIA

When looking into UV-C light to protect you, your clients and your family from viruses, there are three current technologies to consider. These are hand-held devices, upper-air units and HVAC units.

(1) Hand-held UV-C units: Commonly used to manually sanitize items or surfaces by slowly moving the light over the object. Example are kitchen counters, bathroom handrails, toilet surfaces, sinks, cell phones, keyboards, chairs, door knobs, light switches, etc.

(2) Upper-Air UV-C units: Upper-Air UV-C devices have been used in the healthcare industry since the 1960s. They are unique because they can be used in occupied rooms. The Upper-Air units are mounted at a height of 7 or 8 feet on the wall. Louvers on the units direct the UV light upward. This creates a zone of UV-C light at the top portion of the room, above the occupants. Natural convection, air from HVAC vents and human movement cause the air in the room to circulate. As air enters the disinfection zone, it is exposed to the UV-C light rays, destroying viruses and bacteria in the air.

(3) UV-C lights for HVAC: These units are installed inside the HVAC unit, thereby turning the air handling system into a giant virus-killing air purifier. There are units that are designed specifically for evaporator coil disinfection and units designed to purify the airstream inside the ductwork.

DON’T JUST BUY A BLUE LIGHT

A word of caution. Anyone can make a blue light and call it “UV-C” or “Germicidal.” Here’s what to look for:

a)    The most effective germicidal UV-C light has a wavelength of 254 nm. Make sure the seller or manufacturer specifies the wavelength of the light.

b)     Many sellers only measure their light in bulb wattage. The lamp wattage stats show how much power the lamp uses. What is much more important is the lamp OUTPUT or intensity, which is measured in units of microwatts/cm2. So, keep in mind that UV-C light is about time and intensity, not just energy usage in watts. If a UV-C light manufacturer or seller does not provide the lamp output in microwatts/cm2, there is no way to prove it’s germicidal and no way to properly calculate the “kill rate” with specific viruses or bacteria.

c)    Do not purchase a unit that produces ozone as this gas is harmful to humans.

d)    Make sure you purchase a unit from a company that will be around to provide warranty service and replacement bulbs when needed.

SUMMARY

In conclusion, UV-C light has been proven to be an effective method of killing viruses and bacteria. There are UV-C technologies available for specific applications to effectively reduce the spread of viruses by touch or through the air. Caution is needed when choosing a UV-C device that is safe and effective. For more information on UV-C light and viruses, visit us at http://www.KilltheCoronavirus.com.

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