The Dohm, the quintessential therapists noise machine. The calming hiss of the Dohm signals that the room has been reset, but can it help with insomnia? To be both digitally tuned in and concerned with your own well-being is to constantly suspect you’re powerless to stop your self-destructive behavior. It’s a suspicion that’s easy to ignore from moment to moment or day to day, but it grows heavier when considered cumulatively, and heavier still in the middle of the night. Like some kind of exorcist, the Dohm has the power to ease this burden and calibrate the room for a new mode, to neutralize the psychologically dirtying effects of the previous activities.

This is an interesting article based on one writer’s struggle with technology, insomnia and a simple noise machine. Read more from The NY Times article