The Future Of Sleep: A tech-fuelled field guide to the new rest economy - Paperback

Sleep is not spare time. It is infrastructure for memory, mood, and clear thinking. This decade your bedroom becomes the quiet centre of health, enabled by new and emerging technologies. In this punchy, fun, and practical field guide, futurist Catherine Ball cuts through the hype and shows you how to use technology that actually helps, skip what does not, and own your night.

From magical rings and smart beds to private, on-device AI, you will learn how to turn small signals into simple habits that stick. Rooms that keep time with light, temperature, sound, and air. A privacy stance that keeps your data yours. Zero fluff, all action, written in her typical wit and humour.

Inside, you will discover

• A future-filled playbook that makes sleep easier to repeat
• How to use wearables for trends without falling into score anxiety
• An AI co-pilot for timing light, caffeine, travel and shift weeks
• Cooling, lighting, sound and air fixes that make real bedrooms calm
• Midlife sleep tools for hot nights and foggy mornings, explained without jargon
• Safe infant nights and calmer parent sleep, plus teen timing that works with school
• Digital CBT-I, breath pacing, HRV biofeedback and tVNS, and when each belongs
• A buyer's guide to the sleep economy and how to keep your data private

Who it is for?

Busy professionals who want sharper days. Parents who need nights that work in real homes. Teens and students who need timing that fits biology. Shift workers and leaders who design rosters. Clinicians who want clean handouts for patients. Anyone who is done with hype and ready for proof.

If you are tired of being tired, start here. Make the right sleep easy, private, and boring in the very best way.