sunnuntai 8. marraskuuta 2015

Toimittaja kokeili Valkee-korvavaloa

ZDNet-tietotekniikkalehden freelance-toimittaja (avustaja) Eileen Brown on testannut Valkeen korvavaloa jetlagiin (aikaerorasitus) ja toteaa 23.10.2015 julkaistussa artikkelissa seuraavaa:

”I did not notice any difference in the way I felt. My sleep pattern was the same as usual and it was not a disturbed sleep.”

”So did it work for me? Honestly, I am not sure that I recovered from my jet lag any faster than when I do other trips.”

”I am really not sure that the Human Charger helped me at all.”

Tuo ei varmastikaan ollut mikään yllätys, että korvavalo ei vaikuta millään tavalla aikaerorasitukseen. Eileen näyttää kokeneen samaa, mitä monet suomalaiset Valkee-testihenkilöt olivat kokeneet ja tulkinneet sen myönteiseksi vaikutukseksi, vaikka vaikuttava tekijä olikin lämpö eikä valo. Ainoa korvavalon synnyttämä myönteinen tuntemus onkin siten ledien korvakäytävissä tuottama lämpöaistimus. Lämmöntunne – vaikutti se sitten mihin tahansa kehonosaan – koetaan yleensä miellyttävänä, kunhan se ei vain ole liian voimakas.

”The LED lights warmed my ears and the sensation was really pleasant.”

”I strangely like the sensation of having warm ears.”


Artikkeli kokonaisuudessaan:

Hands on with Valkee Human Charger: Smoke and mirrors or jet lag fix?

The Valkee Human Charger is sold as a device to beat the winter blues in the UK. It claims to prevent or shed common winter blues symptoms "improving energy level, improving mood, increasing alertness, reducing carbohydrate cravings, and improving cognitive performance".

In the US, the Amazon description for the "Jet Lag Headset" is missing from the product description. This seemed strange as the page on Amazon.co.uk is full of information.

Apparently the human body is sensitive to light exposure to regulate your circadian rhythms. This is why we go to bed when it is dark and wake during the light. In a different time zone, getting exposure to daylight helps your body readjust to the new time to go to sleep.

This charger shines light into the ear to help the brain and body "respond to changes in light and darkness". The science geek in me wanted to test this out on myself.

I initially looked at Human Charger in June 2015. I had no immediate big trips planned so I could not test how it sorted out any jet lag. I went to New York the other week to interview social network Tsu. It was time to test the device out during the trip.

I downloaded the app for both my Windows and Android phones and inputted my flight details into the app. The app graphics are lovely on both platforms, but the app itself does not seem to do much apart from scroll through changes from day to night as the flight approaches.

A couple of days before my outbound flight I noticed that I needed to use the Human Charger several times during the day to adjust my body to the new time zone. The Android app gave me an alert, the Windows phone app did not.

The device is used for 12 minutes per session. The LED lights warmed my ears and the sensation was really pleasant. The light was quite bright in the dim aircraft cabin, lighting up the skin of my ears and making them glow. I strangely like the sensation of having warm ears.

On my arrival in New York I had to use the charger four times at 3pm, 5pm, 7pm and 9pm. I did not notice any difference in the way I felt. My sleep pattern was the same as usual and it was not a disturbed sleep. The next day, I had to use the charger at the same times throughout the afternoon.

The light program ended after two days at my US destination. I had one day free from the charger before I had to start to prepare myself for the trip home back east. The app alerted me to use the charger twice in the morning the day before my flight, and again the day I left New York.

Flying east, I had to use the charger four times as soon as I landed in London and again the next day before the program ended.

So did it work for me? Honestly, I am not sure that I recovered from my jet lag any faster than when I do other trips. When I fly west, I try to get outside in the daylight as much as possible at my destination to adjust as quickly as possible.

If I fly east, I have a one hour nap at my destination and then I power through to bed time, eating at the new time zone meal times and getting as much daylight as possible. I am really not sure that the Human Charger helped me at all.

As the days get shorter as we go towards winter in the northern hemisphere I will use the charger. As the temperature plummets at least my ears will be warm.


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