READER’S DIGEST 讀者文摘英文版 8月號/2020第08期

奇妙的發明

從自動繫鞋帶的運動鞋到能讓你不再打鼾的枕頭，這些創新將會讓你大吃一驚——而且還能節省開支

多年來，唐娜一直渴望能睡個好覺。問題是:她的丈夫。他打鼾。像一列火車。唐娜嘗試了標準的治療方法:給她戴耳塞(不舒服而且無效)，給他戴護嘴和鼻子小玩意(同上)，還有推他(同樣，同上)。然後她聽說了一種叫做“運動枕頭”的解決方案。這款枕頭由韓國公司Ten-Minds生產，有四個壓力感應安全氣囊，與床頭櫃上的外部麥克風相連。一旦麥克風檢測到她丈夫搖晃牆壁，它就會自動給安全氣囊充氣，輕輕地調整他的頭部位置，直到他停止打鼾。唐娜並不總是喜歡那些昂貴的小玩意，但當她聽說運動枕頭獲得了消費技術協會頒發的2020年創新獎時，她決定……

Weird and Wonderful Inventions

From self-lacing trainers to a pillow that stops you from snoring, these innovations will blow your mind – and budget

For years, Donna had been desperate to get a good night’s sleep. The problem: her husband. He snored. Like a train. Donna tried the standard fixes: earplugs for her (uncomfortable and ineffective), mouth guards and nose gizmos for him (ditto) and shoving him (again, ditto). Then she heard about a really out-there solution called the Motion Pillow. Made by Korean company Ten-Minds, the pillow has four pressure-sensing airbags that connect to an outside microphone on a bedside table. Once the mic detects her hubby shaking the walls, it automatically inflates the airbags, which gently reposition his head until he stops snoring. Donna doesn’t always go for the expensive gadgets – but when she heard that the Motion Pillow won an Innovations Award 2020 from the Consumer Technology Association, she decided to…

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