IoT Smart Alarm Clock

A common issue amongst the general public is the inability to wake up refreshed to a morning alarm. The inability to consistently get up in the morning can significantly impact daily productivity and mental health. Humans have developed structured lifestyles that impact the natural sleep cycle, and following these structured and scheduled lifestyles can result in waking up during REM cycles. Waking during a REM cycle can result in grogginess, moodiness, and memory issues. These issues can be resolved with the R.I.S.E. Smart Alarm Clock: a device that manages sleep cycles and provides user insight into sleep patterns and habits. The project will have two main areas of approach: sleep data analysis and the sleep cycle algorithms. As monitoring brain activity is the only way to get exact data about sleep habits, our smart alarm clock instead focuses on user input and sensor data to provide insight into understanding sleep data. Our sleep cycle algorithms will take user inputs and suggest either a wake-up time that falls at the end of a sleep cycle, or a bedtime that allows for the user to wake at the end of a sleep cycle at the time they specify. These two systems of R.I.S.E. will help users practice and adopt healthier sleep patterns.