Really excited about this program…….
Ligth at night is screwing up our society more than you could ever imagine. The average person around the early 1900′s would get about 9-10 hours of restorative, healthy sleep a night………What do we get now?
A measly 6-7 hours on average.
For all you late night computer hounds, this thing is a life-saver. F.Lux is a program that automatically tailors the light coming out of your computer screen to keep your eyes happy no matter when you’ve got the screen on. More importantly, it’ll change the way your hormones react to the light. Melatonin and growth hormone (DHEA) need darkness to be able to complete all their tasks in the body at night. Photoreceptors in the skin and eyes determine whether its day or night, and act accordingly; hormonally speaking. If the body thinks its the daytime, it’s not going to be putting out the highly restorative, and anti-inflammatory melatonin.
If you’re staring at a bright screen that’s built to look like natural daylight, you could be curtailing your ability to sleep well, repair damaged tissue, and feel healthy and happy in general. I’ve screwed around with the program on at night, and I can’t tell you how much I like it. No more feeling wiry and burned out at after looking at the computer screen.
Obviously, the thing to do is to just shut off the computer at night, but even if it’s 6-7-8 pm, you’ll still gain benefits from having F.lux running in the background.
It takes a grand total of five minutes to install, and takes a tiny amount of your available RAM.
Just installed this; my eyes thank you already. Love how it auto-sets.
beautiful huh? I’m surprised they don’t have this kind of thing bundled with the computer