Take your sleep to the next level with Ecotones

Having trouble getting your sleep on? Ecotones, a sound machine by ASTI takes the science behind traditional sound machines a step further by incorporating sounds in your real environment. The machine has 12 different “SoundStories” pre-programmed into the machine all that play backgrounds in 18-bit quality (better than your average CD). The stories react to sounds around the machine theoretically making for a much more relaxing sound/sleep experience. Ecotones is available now for $299 from Hammacher Schlemmer. [Hammacher via Gizmodo]