Waking up in the morning can be a real torment, as your body refuses to jump straight into function the minute you opened your eyes. However, there's a solution for a peaceful and serene waking up now, the Wake-up Light lamp from Philips, which makes your body wake up gradually with light, imitating the sunrise.

If you are tired of... getting up tired, the Wake-up Light guarantees your sleep won't be abruptly interrupted again and you'll be ready for your day in a gentle way every morning. According to models, the Wake-up Light offers up to 400 Lux light intensity, allowing you to awake full of energy, since it's proven that 250 Luxes minimum are necessary to act on the sleep hormones and positive stress, to awake your organism. If you want to read, 300 to 400 Luxes will be necessary, less than that would damage your eyes.

The process behind it is in fact very simple. Thus, the light falls on your eyes and sends your brain a message to reduce the production of melatonin, the sleep-inducing hormone. After 30 minutes, the natural light gradually increases to reach the optimal intensity, to wake you up at the set time, in a pleasant manner that leaves you feeling energized and ready to wake up.

If you know that you have hard-times waking up, you can set this “magical” lamp to start simulating the sunrise for half an hour before your set wake-up time to help you wake up and feel more energetic right from the start of the day. Also, to help you start your morning as harmoniously as possible, the Wake up Lamp comes with different wake-up sounds, which you can set. You get to choose between singing birds, animals on the shore of a pond and the waves of the sea. Or you can just choose to be woken up by your favorite FM station.

Also, the Wake-up Light features an easy-to-read LCD display with 3 brightness settings control, low, medium and high. You can purchase it for about $120.