Hooti, which has been called "the next-generation anti-snore pillow," promises to help you and those around you get a peaceful night's sleep, without any intrusive gadgets getting in the way.

It's estimated that nearly half of all adults snore occasionally, while 25% are regular snorers. And while it can disturb anyone under the same roof, particularly partners sharing a bed with a snorer, it can also hugely compromise sleep quality and overall health. So could something as simple as a pillow be the solution? The makers of this one believe so.

Calling it just a pillow seems to undersell its actual usefulness. The tech startup team behind Hooti say they have "successfully developed the first intelligent digital anti-snoring sleep product based on flexible high-sensitivity sensor technology." While it looks like a comfortable memory foam pillow, within its layers is the key to what the makers say will change the way you sleep for good.

Its anti-snore mechanism uses bone conduction technology, rather than microphone assessment, to collect real-time data on how you're sleeping, and will feed this information back from your smartphone to the airbag buried deep within the pillow to gently inflate and change shape, slightly shifting your sleeping position to remove airway restrictions. The makers report the data is more than 90% accurate, and two adjacent pillows can operate simultaneously without interfering with each other's readings.

When the pillow detects the telltale vibrations of snoring, which travel through the bones to a sensor, the sound waves are captured and analyzed by AI on a smartphone app. When the snoring pattern and intensity is measured, the app will then send instructions back to the pillow, initiating soft, micro-vibrations from its center to the sleeper that prompt adjustment. The airbag within will then adjust the sleeper's head slightly to open airways without waking them.

Hooti, which has been called "the next-generation anti-snore pillow," promises to help you and those around you get a peaceful night's sleep, without any intrusive gadgets getting in the way.

It's estimated that nearly half of all adults snore occasionally, while 25% are regular snorers. And while it can disturb anyone under the same roof, particularly partners sharing a bed with a snorer, it can also hugely compromise sleep quality and overall health. So could something as simple as a pillow be the solution? The makers of this one believe so.

 

 

Calling it just a pillow seems to undersell its actual usefulness. The tech startup team behind Hooti say they have "successfully developed the first intelligent digital anti-snoring sleep product based on flexible high-sensitivity sensor technology." While it looks like a comfortable memory foam pillow, within its layers is the key to what the makers say will change the way you sleep for good.

 

 

Its anti-snore mechanism uses bone conduction technology, rather than microphone assessment, to collect real-time data on how you're sleeping, and will feed this information back from your smartphone to the airbag buried deep within the pillow to gently inflate and change shape, slightly shifting your sleeping position to remove airway restrictions. The makers report the data is more than 90% accurate, and two adjacent pillows can operate simultaneously without interfering with each other's readings.

 

 

When the pillow detects the telltale vibrations of snoring, which travel through the bones to a sensor, the sound waves are captured and analyzed by AI on a smartphone app. When the snoring pattern and intensity is measured, the app will then send instructions back to the pillow, initiating soft, micro-vibrations from its center to the sleeper that prompt adjustment. The airbag within will then adjust the sleeper's head slightly to open airways without waking them.