Health & Beauty (151)
A teddy bear for safer sleep
People who suffer from sleep apnea – a sleep disorder characterised by abnormal pauses in breathing – now have a new device that could help them get a better night’s sleep. Japanese scientists have developed a teddy bear shaped pillow (called Jukusi-kun) that monitors a person’s frequency of breath and blood oxygen levels. The bear then wakes them up with a “paw move” to correct their sleeping position.
Why it matters
You might have heard about the robotic cuddly seal that has been developed for lonely elderly people that respond to cuddling, but here we have a new example of humanized medical gadgets. Will this become the norm in a more consumer-oriented medical industry?
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