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Sony Plans an Electronic Pillow That Will Wake You Up

Description:Sony seeks a patent for an electronic, sleep mode tracking pillow. Almost everything in our lives is ridden with technology. Our pillows are headed down that route too.Sony recently applied for a patent, involving a pillow filled with electrodes which will monitor brain waves. The pillow detects when the user enters and leaves the REM period which usually accounts for about 25% of our total amount of sleep. (1:00)

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