Orthosomnia

Orthosomnia is a medical term for an unhealthy obsession with getting perfect sleep. The term was coined by researchers from Rush University Medical College and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in a case study published on February 15, 2017 in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine titled "Orthosomnia: Are Some Patients Taking the Quantified Self Too Far?" in which the researchers noticed that the three patients having their sleep tracked spent excessive time in bed in order to increase their "sleep numbers", which might have actually made their Insomnia worse.

Memory typewriter

A memory typewriter is a typewriter that can hold a limited amount of memory, allowing for text and documents to be retained. Memory typewriters helped reduce the amount of time needed for lawyers to revise documents

Sleep tracking

Sleep tracking is the process of monitoring a person's sleep, most commonly through measuring inactivity and movement. A device that tracks a person's sleep is called a sleep tracker. Devices capable of tracking a person's sleep include dedicated sleep

K1 Speed

K1 Speed is a Californian company that operates go-kart tracks. The company was co-founded in 2003 by American racing driver Boris Said and Susan Danglard, who had previously worked in the fashion industry. That same year, K1 Speed opened their first go

Forest (application)

Forest: Stay focused, be present, or simply Forest, is a productivity application developed by ShaoKan Pi and released on March 15, 2016. Forest is available as an app on iOS, iPadOS and Android, and is also available as a browser extension on the Chrome

Strathcona Paper Centre

The Strathcona Paper Centre (SPC) is a sports and entertainment facility located on 16 McPherson Drive in Napanee, Ontario, Canada. The facility hosts national and provincial ice hockey championships, curling, concerts and trade fairs. The SPC is the home

Exometeorology

Exometeorology is the study of atmospheric conditions of exoplanets and other celestial bodies outside the Solar System, such as brown dwarf stars. In 2012, an international team of astronomers from the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris and the Institut

Waitroom

Waitroom is a host-led livestreaming and video meeting platform that allows one-on-one engagement between hosts and their audiences. These engagements can range from 30 seconds to 30 minutes long. Waitroom was co-founded in the summer of 2020 by

Quill (application)

Quill was a freemium business communication application that was officially released on February 23, 2021, having previously been in beta. Quill was created as an alternative to Slack and is available on MacOS, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, and the Web

Malinformation

Malinformation is the deliberate publication of private information in order to harm a person, organization, or country. Examples of malinformation include phishing, catfishing, and revenge porn

2022 hepatitis of unknown origin in children

In 2022, cases of severe sudden hepatitis of unknown origin in children were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from several countries. Earlier, in October 2021, a cluster of cases of severe hepatitis of unknown origin were identified at a