Publish at February 04 2026 Updated February 05 2026
Health-related technologies are becoming increasingly widespread: it's now possible to count your steps, calories and sleep time. Connected watches, rings and applications enable more and more people to monitor their rest and biological parameters. As soon as you wake up, you can check how long you've slept, whether you've woken up, snored, stopped breathing, spoken words and so on. For many people, online devices enable them to manage their sleep from A to Z.
But is this a fair approach? Can we really rely on these devices and apps to record sleep-related medical issues? It's complicated....
While these devices can indicate certain facts, the monitoring work has nothing to do with sleep tests carried out in specialized clinics. Indeed, a wristwatch will underestimate certain elements or overestimate others, giving a not entirely accurate reading of the last night recorded. What's more, some people find themselves obsessed by the figures the apps give them, going to consult and discovering, for example, that they only had 12% deep sleep when they should have had 15.
Yet the question is simple: do people feel rested after their night? Do they feel functional, or do they start dozing off at odd moments? It's these indicators, more than apps and connected objects, that can point to a pathology or a real rest problem.
Length: 9min05
Image: Carlos Zuniga from Pixabay
You might also like:
A multiplayer game designed for people with disabilities
Video games designed for people with disabilities are already a rare resource. An experience that allows multiple players is even rarer. Yet this latest creation from "Ludociels for All" challenges players to light up an entire maze by walking balls of light.
A virtual aquarium to understand Darwinian evolution
Is it possible to understand evolution through simulation? It would seem so. A very interesting resource for high school science classes.
Tests of vigilance and attention
Measuring attention remains a concern in many settings. Some work tasks are not very error tolerant. Here are a series of sample tests to measure attention in children and adults.
Reflecting on agroecology through play
There's nothing simple about being a farmer. You have to plan your activities throughout the year, make sure you have the right machinery, maintain it and so on. All with a view to ecology. A serious French game seeks to teach agroecology.
The sharing economy has led to small changes in various economic sectors such as transportation, housing, etc. This approach has changed the relationship of citizens for different services, now cheaper and offered by their fellow citizens. However, who actually benefits from this new economy? The people or the companies in question? A U.S. newsgame shows how the life of Uber drivers isn't as lucrative as one might think.
