Hi All,
I have recently been diagnosed as having sleep apnea where you stop breathing dozens of times a night and your brain has to wake up to start you off again. That explains why I have had such fatigue for the last couple of years.
As is often the case it mainly occurs when I am lying on my back. The traditional cure is to sew a tennis ball to the back of a t shirt but I seem to be able to sleep on all sorts of lumpy things without feeling the need to roll off my back!
So I was wondering if someone on this forum might be kind enough to have a go at designing a device I could attach to the back of a t shirt or wear on a chest strap that would maybe vibrate like a mobile phone when I laid on it. I can do basic soldering etc to construct it but don't have the knowledge to come up with a safe and practical design. The problem is made more complicated by the fact that I sleep best on my front so a simple mercury type switch wouldn't be able to differentiate between me lying on my front and on my back.
I would really appreciate any help anyone could give.
Cheers!
I have recently been diagnosed as having sleep apnea where you stop breathing dozens of times a night and your brain has to wake up to start you off again. That explains why I have had such fatigue for the last couple of years.
As is often the case it mainly occurs when I am lying on my back. The traditional cure is to sew a tennis ball to the back of a t shirt but I seem to be able to sleep on all sorts of lumpy things without feeling the need to roll off my back!
So I was wondering if someone on this forum might be kind enough to have a go at designing a device I could attach to the back of a t shirt or wear on a chest strap that would maybe vibrate like a mobile phone when I laid on it. I can do basic soldering etc to construct it but don't have the knowledge to come up with a safe and practical design. The problem is made more complicated by the fact that I sleep best on my front so a simple mercury type switch wouldn't be able to differentiate between me lying on my front and on my back.
I would really appreciate any help anyone could give.
Cheers!