Tracking sleep with a self-powering smart pillow:
The human body needs sleep as much as it needs food and water. Yet many people fail to get enough, causing both mind and body to suffer. People who struggle for shut-eye could benefit from monitoring their sleep, but they have limited options for doing so. [...]
Studies have linked chronic lack of sleep to physical ailments, such as diabetes and heart disease, as well as mental health issues. Those interested in getting a better handle on what's happening to them at night have two primary options. They can take a sleep test conducted in a medical facility, or they can use an app through a smartphone or smart watch — a much more convenient, but less accurate choice. Recognizing the need, many groups have begun developing new sleep monitoring systems using triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). [...]
[...] To construct this new smart pillow, the researchers formulated a flexible, porous polymer triboelectric layer. Movement between the head and this layer changes the electric field around nearby electrodes, generating a current. They strung together several of these self-powering sensors to create a flexible and breathable TENG (FB-TENG) array that can be placed atop an ordinary pillow. This system could generate voltage that corresponded to the amount of applied pressure, and it could track the movement of a finger tracing out letters. [...]
The article doesn't answer the most important question: can this be easily turned into an IoT device? Otherwise there's probably no future in it.
Journal Reference:
Haiying Kou et al, Smart Pillow Based on Flexible and Breathable Triboelectric Nanogenerator Arrays for Head Movement Monitoring during Sleep, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c03056
(Score: -1, Troll) by HsunTzu on Tuesday June 07 2022, @06:20AM (2 children)
The My Pillow guy is probably all over this like flies on Runaway! QAnon not far behind! Admins need to be ashamed.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2022, @06:43AM (1 child)
Go back to Slashdot, troll.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2022, @07:39AM
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(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2022, @07:59AM (3 children)
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by janrinok on Tuesday June 07 2022, @12:38PM
As you have repeatedly pointed out to me:
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(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday June 07 2022, @02:16PM
Be gone ye troll! Be ye banished back to the green site! Or to New Jersey. (whichever is worse)
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday June 07 2022, @02:18PM (2 children)
These "smart pillows" darn well better be internet connected to The Cloud!
Anything less is undeserving of the term "tracking sleep".
Don't smart watches already track your sleep? And CPAP machines tracking your sleep? And adult toys tra... uh, nevermind.
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2022, @03:06PM
MySmartPillow(tm)?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 08 2022, @06:15AM
I used to have a zeo that would read the basic brain waves to tell if you were sleeping and what stage. It's a shame they couldn't make their business model work as it's the only thing that actually worked reliably.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday June 07 2022, @03:02PM (2 children)
In the event that you need a professional sleep study done. Go to a professional. This is just someone trying to monetize you while you're sleeping.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Tuesday June 07 2022, @04:57PM (1 child)
I predict in the future there will be ads on the inside of your eyelids while you sleep. You will be able to unknowingly make purchases and agree to terms of service while you dream.
Now that's convenience!
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday June 07 2022, @07:43PM
May we live to never see such a dystopian nightmare.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2022, @05:32PM
next we need a app that reminds the mistress to bring the tracking smart pillow along when ...sleeping somewhere else also ; )
for profit!