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  • Author Author: Eavesdropper
  • Date Created: 21 Nov 2011 8:43 PM Date Created
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Snore Away Bear, beat sleep apnea with cute technology

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You would never think a stuffed animal robot would stop you from kicking whoever is making that horrendous sound aka snoring, but Japan made that happen. A pillow that is shaped as a polar bear not only is cute to look at but also does wonders. The pillow may help the millions who suffer “Sleep Apnea Syndrome” in Japan.
 
The  person with the chronic snores, pre-programs their vital statics into a terminal running program.  While sleeping, the person wears a similarly cute pulse-oxygen meter attached to the hand that reads the amount of oxygen in the blood and sends the data off to the running terminal program. Also the user sleeps on a cordless conductive sheet that receives it’s information from the human body’s natural conductive properties.
 
As you would most likely know how loud the person snores but they do not. To measure the decibel level of the snorer there is a microphone places inside the pillow. When the persons’ oxygen decreases the loud rumble of their snore starts. The sound level limit is reached, and the pillow’s hand moves toward the sleepers face to gently brush the face to cause the person to turn from their back onto their side which is a more conducive position of sound. Now you can stop worrying about the snoring and start worrying about the back pains that you hopefully did not gain while twisting in bed constantly receiving bear-pillow kicks to the face.
 
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    Former Member over 14 years ago

    The user rests their head on the bear’s stomach.

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    Ramu over 14 years ago in reply to DAB

    I don't know it it will work in a real environment image

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    DAB over 14 years ago

    I need to get one of these for my wife.  Of course she will claim she needs one for me.

    Maybe I should just get two and be done with it.

     

    Good post E.

     

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