The light gradually increases or fades out at morning and night. The idea is that the light helps users adjust to a natural cycle of sleeping and waking. The app also analyzes and adjusts to users' sleep schedules over time, so it can coordinate wake-up with the lightest phase of sleep. It leaves on a faint, moonlight-like glow at night, so people can get around. Photo 3 of 4 in I Woke Up Like This: Lamp Syncs with the Patterns of the Sun by Allie Weiss

I Woke Up Like This: Lamp Syncs with the Patterns of the Sun

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The light gradually increases or fades out at morning and night. The idea is that the light helps users adjust to a natural cycle of sleeping and waking. The app also analyzes and adjusts to users' sleep schedules over time, so it can coordinate wake-up with the lightest phase of sleep. It leaves on a faint, moonlight-like glow at night, so people can get around.