Patent Application Reveals Pillow That Could Help You Wake Up

Sony wants to make a pillow that instead of just helping you fall asleep helps you wake up. In a patent filing, the company outlines a pillow that would have electrodes and sensors on it and would make napping more efficient.

"The present application relates to a sleep aid device and method, program and recording medium, and more particularly, to a sleep aid device and method, program and recording medium for having a short sleep efficiently," the patent application says. Imagine instead of setting your alarm for a pre-determined time before you lay down for a nap, your pillow could sense when you actually fall asleep -- not when you began to try to sleep -- and wake you up when you've sl…
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