Ah! The humble pillow I use mine to rest my head on, suffocate my alarm clock till I don't hear it again. Cover my eyes against the sunlight hitting my eyes in the morning, and maybe give it the odd cuddle at night. The glo Pillow is the brain child of Ian Walton and teammate Eoin McNally, two inventive designer from Ireland. Designed as an alternative to the traditional alarm clock to help combat the pressures of the '24 hour' lifestyle many of us are living today, the glo Pillow moves you over from sweet dream land to reality in a natural and more peaceful way. The pillow uses an LED fabric substrate below the surface to wake the user with light. This LED fabric also functions as a display, showing the time on the pillows surface. 40 minutes before the pre-set alarm time the pillow begins to glow and gently brings the user out of sleep. This natural waking process helps to set the circadian rhythm or 'body clock' and results in more healthy sleep/wake patterns.

Although the glo Pillow is 'just' a design study it might be not too long to get it commercialized if companies pick this idea up. Well I could just pull the blanket under my head from now on cuz those lights from my pillow are killing my sleep.

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