A reader points out to news that Tanita out of Tokyo, Japan has unveiled a new monitor pad to track your sleeping patterns throughout the night. Weighing in at about 3 pounds (1.3Kg), the SleepScan stores data on motion, respiration, and apparently even the pulse rate, onto an SD card for later analysis on a computer.
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Sleep Scan Mattress Pad Monitors Your Sleep
April 7th, 2010 
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