This Smartwatch Is Helping Ptsd Affected People To Sleep

Over the years, despite all of the technological advancements in the world, our life is never smooth. It is extremely unpredictable and 2020 has been a huge example when it comes to that. However, there are some benefits of technology in saving human lives as we have seen in cases of smartwatches. So, this is the story of a special smartwatch that is helping people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sleep peacefully at night.

Back in 2015, Tyler Skluzacek, then a senior at the Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, decided to program a smartwatch to monitor and derange nightmares. He enrolled himself in a hackathon called the HackDC 2015 which was dedicated to finding ways to help people who experience PTSD.

So, while Patrick is now sleeping peacefully, there are hundreds of others who need this watch’s assistance to get a peaceful sleep at night.

As a result, NightWare, a Minneapolis-based startup picked up Tyler’s idea to develop it into a commercial product. It has already raised investment funds and is working in association with Minneapolis VA Medical Center to conduct a medical trial.