Cure for snorers ... a pillow named Nora!

In the battle to silence a snoring partner, most find a sharp dig in the ribs is the only way.

now scientists have come up with something that could save you from a broken night’s sleep and the snorer from some bruises ... a ‘smart pillow’ named nora.

Snoring mainly occurs when the muscles in the throat become relaxed, causing them to vibrate as the sleeper breathes in and out.

nora can be slipped inside any pillow and will gently inflate and deflate in a cycle that moves the sleeper’s head, so opening up the airway and stopping the snoring.

The pillow works in conjunction with a smartphone app and a pebble-shaped device which sits on the sleeper’s bedside table.

This contains a microphone which picks up the early sounds of snoring. It then sends a wifi signal to trigger the pillow’s inflation cycle, causing the snorer to move their head. The trigger point can be changed according to how loud a level the other sleeper can tolerate.

Behrouz Hariri, co-founder of Smart nora Inc, said: ‘nora listens for the early sound of snoring...The idea is that we interrupt the snoring right before it would be loud enough to wake someone up.’ nora will go on sale on the company’s website this summer for $299 (£202). It is one of thousands of smart devices that will be revealed this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.