{"id":1464,"date":"2007-10-04T09:34:36","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T16:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2007\/10\/04\/a-computerized-anti-snore-pillow\/"},"modified":"2007-10-04T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2007-10-04T16:41:53","slug":"a-computerized-anti-snore-pillow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2007\/10\/04\/a-computerized-anti-snore-pillow\/","title":{"rendered":"A Computerized Anti-Snore Pillow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To paraphrase <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.songofthesouth.net\/movie\/characters\/index.html\">Br&#8217;er Rabbit<\/a><\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;<em>Necessity<\/em> may be the mother of invention, but <em>ingenuity<\/em> surely must be the daddy.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From <strong>Reuters<\/strong> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eweek.com\/\"><strong>eWEEK News<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cioinsight.com\/article2\/0,1397,2192055,00.asp?kc=CTRSS02129TX1K0000534\">Computerized Pillow Said to Stop Snoring<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1469\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/snore-no-more.gif\" alt=\"snore-no-more\" class=\"right\" \/><em><strong>The computer reduces or enlarges air compartments within the pillow to facilitate nasal airflow to minimize snoring.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A German scientist has come up with a solution for snoring\u00e2\u20ac\u201da computerized pillow that shifts the head&#8217;s sleeping position until the noise stops.<\/p>\n<p>Daryoush Bazargani, professor of computer science at the University of Rostock and the pillow&#8217;s inventor, was displaying a prototype of his pillow at a health conference in Germany on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pillow is attached to a computer, which is the size of a book, rests on a bedside table, and analyzes snoring noises,&#8221; Bazargani says. &#8220;The computer then reduces or enlarges air compartments within the pillow to facilitate nasal airflow to minimize snoring as the user shifts during sleep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ergonomic pillow can also be used for neck massages.<\/p>\n<p>Bazargani says several U.S. firms were interested in manufacturing the pillow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I invented it because I snore,&#8221; he says. &#8220;I tried all sorts of products, but nothing worked. I hope people who use it will sleep more peacefully.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Note: the photo is of a competing product currently being marketed as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allegromedical.com\/personal-care-c532\/snore-no-more-anti-snoring-pillow-p173454.html\">snore-no-more pillow<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To paraphrase Br&#8217;er Rabbit: &#8220;Necessity may be the mother of invention, but ingenuity surely must be the daddy.&#8221; From Reuters via eWEEK News: Computerized Pillow Said&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","category-technology-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}