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Shiny Shiny Reviews Seasonal Affective Disorder Lights (Verdict: A Bright Idea)

Seasonal Affective Disorder, or winter depression, or "where the hell is the Sun," can be treated by gadgets that mimic the sunlight you're otherwise not getting. The special name for these gadgets is "lamps," or "lights" if you're going strictly scientific. The crazy dames over at Shiny Shiny reviewed two of them and decided (I think) that the lights are great, but using the alarm function to wake up to frogs or static is "rubbish." [Shiny Shiny]

4:00 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Jason Chen
3,167 views, 16 comments

Latest by uberfu: one could also move to a warmer climate that tends to have sun more often than not_ more »

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Litebook for SAD: Chase Those Winter Blues Away

With those long days of summer slowly turning into the short days of winter, it's just about time for some poor souls to develop seasonal affective disorder, the winter blues that have been appropriately dubbed the acronym SAD. Exposure to certain types of bright lights can fool that circadian rhythm mechanism and suppress the melatonin that brings on the dark clouds of winter, and here's the cure: Litebook, a clinically-proven portable device that SAD sufferers can take with them on the road. More »

3:59 PM on Tue Sep 5 2006
By Charlie White
306 views, 4 comments

Latest by Worf: I have SAD. Except it affects me when the sun is out in the summer. Heat + sun makes me dizzy and gives me headaches... I'm happiest in the winter, when it's cool outside. (I like cold. I detest heat, and more »