Phatic Cushions

Should a cushion be phatic? A team from the Co.design:Inter.action research lab at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) believe that one possible answer is ‘Yes’. Leading to the design and implementation of a ‘Talkative Cushion’, details of which were presented in Proceedings of the 27th international conference extended abstracts on human […]

A pillow that squirms when you snore

Dynamically inflatable therapeutic support and methods of using the same Abstract A therapeutic cushion having a plurality of fluid-filled chambers, with each chamber having an internal volume that is independently adjustable. In a pillow embodiment, air-filled chambers are dynamically regulated in response to a monitored behavior or characteristic of a resting user… To configure the […]