--- title: "Startup Shows Off Pillow That Detects Snoring and Automatically Adjusts Your Head" description: "A startup has developed a pillow that they say detects and corrects snoring while a user is sleeping, no mouthguard or breathing machine required." date: "2023-01-08" modified: "2023-01-08" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/startup-pillow-detects-snoring-automatically-adjusts-head" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "devices" - "sleep" - "the digest" --- # Startup Shows Off Pillow That Detects Snoring and Automatically Adjusts Your Head ![A startup has developed a pillow that they say detects and corrects snoring while a user is sleeping, no mouthguard or breathing machine required.]() *\Image: Motion Pillow\* ## Nose Metal Snorers, rejoice! A startup has developed a pillow that they say detects snoring while a user is sleeping, and then physically moving their head in a bid to stop the ghastly noise, hopefully allowing snorers' partners to get a good night sleep without the need for a mouthguard or headgear-laden machines. The device, dubbed the Motion Pillow, seems pretty cool. According to [the company's absolutely wild ride of a website](), it first uses machine learning to detect the sound of the users' snoring, perfecting its profile over time. When it detects snoring during the night, the pillow jumps into action, inflating to adjust the position of the user's head. If the snoring subsides, the pillow deflates. Everyone, romantic partners especially, are happy. "With Motion Pillow," reads the startup's site, which additionally claims that 93.7 percent of users experienced reduced snoring in clinical trials, "metal music becomes classical music." ## High Tech Dad While reviews online are scarce, we [did find one]() on a site called *High Tech Dad* that gave a glowing assessment of the device. "From testing with my wife for about a week, I can say her snoring was not only reduced in volume but also in frequency," le tech daddy in question wrote in praise of Motion Pillow. "This innovative device detects snoring and then magically inflates airbags inside the memory foam pillow to gently raise the snorer's head slightly to prevent or reduce snoring." Magical-sounding indeed! And while our allegedly high tech father figure is aware of the product's [above-average-for-a-pillow price tag](), he seems to think it's worth it. "While is it a bit pricy," the techno daddio offered, "being able to get a better sleep, either as the snorer or the person next to them is worth the price." In any case, we've yet to try it, but it was a [2023 Consumer Technology Association Innovation Awards Honoree](). Plus, snoring is a legitimate issue for a lot of folks — couples especially — out there. If you've got roughly 400 extra beans in the bank and either you or your partner struggle with, as Motion Pillow would say, "nose metal," we wouldn't blame you for giving it a whirl. **More on good sleep:** *Crypto Guy Says He's Doing Fine After Losing Billions of Customers' Money, Getting Plenty of Sleep* ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()