CoolJunkie Gadget Update: goLite Blu

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November 11, 2008 12:01 PM
by Marcos Colón

You walk into a bar with a few friends. Everyone knows your name; High fives left and right. A random girl walks up to you and hands you a Crown and Coke. Everything’s perfect. Then a beauty catches your eye. Tall, blonde, blue eyed baby doll with legs for days. She looks your way and gestures with her pointer finger for you to come over and have a chat. Suddenly, your favorite song’s playing as you strut over to her. But as soon as she opens her mouth to say something, an ear-piercing nightmare of a sound comes out of her mouth. Next thing you know, you’re sitting up in your bed, slamming your alarm clock and wishing it was Saturday instead of Monday morning.

Waking up to an alarm is quite possibly one of the most annoying things that a person experiences on a daily basis. It doesn’t matter if it’s your cell-phone, alarm clock, or even significant other, there’s nothing worse than having an abrupt disturbance to a pleasant dream. However, thanks to our good friends at Phillips, a device has been developed that makes waking up on a workday just a little bit easier and gloomy days even easier to deal with. The goLite Blu therapy clock is developed to trigger the release of ‘active’ hormones, keeping you more cheerful as your body starts to wake up and goes along through the day. The secret is in the bright blue light, it triggers a similar reaction as the one we get from the bright summer blue sky. Apparently it also helps you sleep better because you get more energy during the day due to it.

Here’s how it works; flip on the light for about 15 minutes a day. That short therapy session is all you need to brighten your day a bit and get you home ready for the sack. Only catch here is the price, as one of these will set you back close to $300. However, this it may well be worth it for those dreary rainy Miami days.

Pros

- Instead of feeling down on a rainy or gloomy day, flip on the light and change that mood.
- Therapy session is only 15 minutes, which can fit in at any time during the morning.
- You’ll be cool because 85% of the population will probably not hear about this, so they’ll think you’re from the future.

Cons

- Therapy for $300
- There’s no guarantee that it’ll actually work for you.
- Battery runs out a bit quick.