Working and blogging all day long deserves to have a good and relaxing rest. Being a bit behind with my drifting off and relaxing I had a look around for some cool and comfy pillow.

I always stay close to the soft technology and a search for ‘sound pillow’ brought up the Sound Asleep Pillow with built-in Speaker. Lying in bed and drifting off, listening to my favorite music is the best way to unwind and relax.

A Pillow with built-in Speaker might not be the best thing to have if your partner is next to you but if you are alone, this pillow is great to glide over into dream land.

Sure you could just leave your audio set switched on but the more voluminous sound is not necessarily as softly and subtle as when it comes gently out of your pillow.

Another good reason to invest in a sound pillow might be the fact (or believe) that if you learn a foreign language you are best off for good results if you listen to the language lessons in a relaxed atmosphere or during the period before you finally doze off. If this learning method is correct, the Sound Asleep Pillow offers the best solution.

Sound Asleep offers two versions, the basic version for £20.- ($ 39.50) and the Memory Foam Sound Pillow for £30.- ($ 59.25)

The Memory Foam moulds to the natural body shape which gives higher comfort and has small holes increasing air circulation and improves the sound quality

The Sound Pillow works not only with the iPod but with any MP3 player or radio as long as it has a 3.5mm stereo plug. The pillow does not need any battery as it uses the sound output of your audio device directly.

Ok – I got sleepy now and wish to have this cool Memory Foam Sound Pillow to drift off in peace

The list of interactive pillows is getting longer with the My Beating Heart pillow, a pillow that has its own heart beat.

My Beating Heart is the invention from Yury Gitman and has been available since 2005 but out of whatever reason I only ‘discovered’ it today.

Why should a pillow with it’s own heartbeat be of any use for us? Since the old ages it is common knowledge to humanity that the heartbeat is one of the most reassuring sounds we know. The heartbeat is the first sound we hear even before we are born.

Another wisdom of life says that being very close to someone like during hugging, the two hearts will start synchronizing their beats. That’s why we calm down and feel comfortable if we are in the arms of someone special. Sound like magic – right?

My Beating Heart recreates this natural magic forces by employing Artificial Intelligence and haptic design into software and hardware. A small motor at the heart of the My Beating Heart pillow is programmed to give a life-like heartbeat.

The My Beating Heart pillow is not just playing prerecorded sequences. With it’s highly sophisticated electronics and software, called by the company the “secret sauce technology” the heartbeat rhythm of this pillow gradually changes like our own heartbeat changes over time.

Hugging the pillow will turn it on and will beat it’s heart for 20 minutes. One 9-volt battery will last for 6-12 months depending of course how often you hug the pillow.

My Beating Heart realized after the launch of the ‘grown-up’ version in 2005 that many parents buying the My Beating Heart pillow for their little ones to help them gliding into a nap or into dreamland and decided to launch additional smaller sizes specific for kids.

Prices for the My Beating Heart pillows range form $34.99 up to $120.- and are available directly by MyBeatingHeart.com

This is yet another example for the growing list of interactive pillows using soft technologies. Music playing, glowing, phone call making pillows and now the relaxation pillow with a heartbeat.

Having difficulty to fall asleep after a stressful day? We found something to skip the sleeping pills: the Sleep Better Sleepsonic® Speaker Pillow.

We had all sorts of speaker pillows in our coverage but the new range of Sleepsonic® is positively outstanding.

Firstly there is the benefit of not needing additional batteries unlike all the other speaker pillows we have seen so far. No need to change the batteries of your pillow – great.

A volume control on the pillow allows to fine tune the volume setting making it easy to glide into dream land.

Secondly, there is a range of different designs available to choose from like: polar fleece, brocade quilt and natural cotton quilt fabric cover in the colors white or black.

Any digital, stereo CD/tape, MP3, PC, portable or home stereo system can be connected. Small devices close to the pillow or with the included extension cord (9 ft) further away.

The high sound quality comes from a pair of built-in custom-made stereo speakers which are integrated into the pillows inner part.

Sleepsonic’s speaker pillows can be used on its own, inside your pillowcase, or on top of your personal sleep pillow (like in the image on top) – whatever you prefer.

Prices range from $109.95 up to $136.95 depending on pillow size and material type. Available online by Sleepsonic or other online retailers.

Recently we covered a design concept of the glow Pillow that helps getting you up softly in the morning and the speaker pillow helps getting you into dreamland softly and relaxed. I wonder when both worlds will meet in one and the same pillow.

Although the ‘i‘ in the name of the iConnect™ Pillow might imply it works only with the all time favorite iPod, it is actually not the case.

The iConnect™ Pillow works with everything that has an 3.5mm headphone port which 99.99% of all portable audio player have.

To manage your expectations, this speaker pillow like many others are not speaker boxes, so don’t expect to replace your speaker system with them.

Speaker pillows like the iConnect are for a bit fun with a little luxury usefulness. Actually not that luxury if you look to the price below. Usefulness, it allows you to listen to your soft tunes in dreamy moments while resting your head on the pillow.

There is no amplifier in the pillow to pump up the sound, just a small speaker and a pouch to store the audio player under the pillow. The iConnect Pillow is for the soft and dreamy moments in life – simple as that.

The iConnect™ Pillow is available by bedbathandbeyond.com for just $ 4.99 (they have a clearance sale to hurry up if you want it) in the colors: Black, Aqua, Berry and Chocolate.

Stretch out in front of your fireplace while the weather is too harsh to be outside and enjoy the cozy sound from your iConnect™ Pillow.

[via: ShinyShiny]

Who does not want to have sweet dreams? To make sure you get to the sweet spot in your dreams, fallings asleep by soothing, soft music is highly recommended.

One way to glide into the dreamland with music is to turn on your audio player. This works but the sound is filling the whole room and might not be as personal as you like. Another option is to use headphones but they are comfortable when you lie on them, they block out all the other sounds of the night and turning around a couple of times in your bed will either strangle you with the headphone wires or pull out the earphone.

What a good reason to look to Pillow Speaker pillows. There a different types: one type that has the speakers completely integrated into the pillow and another type that allows you to upgrade any pillow to version 2.0

In both cases, the sound comes out of the pillow, softly and soothing, audible only to your ears. You can turn around in your bed as you like without any danger.

If you might think now I am completely nuts – thing again. The speaker pillow does have a lot of advantages. For my part, I have tried to learn a new language ‘while sleeping’ as it is advertised. Those companies tell you to listen to their lessons while you are gliding into dreamland and they hammer the new stuff into your brain while you sleep. So far I didn’t have much success but I did not use a Pillow Speaker pillow.

Another use for a Pillow Speaker pillow is to comfort babies with music. Let them rest on a speaker pillow with ‘comfort’ music or record a story to play back while they are supposed to fall asleep. This will never replace the duties and love of parents but it might give them some room to breath every now and then.

The bottom line is that listening to relaxing music while you recline of the sofa or go to sleep will greatly reduce the stress accumulated during the day and Pillow Speaker pillows might just be a good idea to check out.

Here are two links to online stores, the Pillowsonic Digital Stereo Pillow Speaker is an upgrade kit with relaxation music CD and eBook and goes for $ 19.99 Slide the soft and very thin speaker into any pillow and you are ready to dream.

The Cozy Tunes Speaker Pillow with integrated speaker comes in a very colorful range and goes for $ 37.90

We like soft electronics here on talk2myShirt and we will order now our Pillow Speaker pillow and enter the sweet dreamland relaxed and smiling.