Could this tech help millions of us sleep better?
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
An anti-snoring device is being trialled as a potential solution to sleep apnoea, a condition which affects millions and can have wide-ranging consequences on daily life. We speak to the team behind the trial. Also on the programme, two health tech entrepreneurs whose personal experiences informed their products: A man who had a heart attack at 44 and now works to help reduce hospital recovery times, and a woman who lost a close family member to breast cancer and is working to help inform women in Pakistan to spot the signs and get help.
Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producers: Tom Quinn and Imran Rahman-Jones
(Image: A man asleep in bed with a black boomerang-shaped device attached to his neck. Credit: Zeus Sleeps)
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| 0:41.9 | but each starting with a personal experience and asking the same question, |
| 0:46.4 | how can tech help us live healthier lives? |
| 0:49.4 | First, we'll be talking about a condition which affects millions of us called Sleep Apnea. |
| 0:55.6 | We'll hear from David, |
| 1:01.4 | whose sleep has been disrupted for years by the condition and the new tech being tested to help people like him rest more easily. My wife was one of the main drivers. In persuading me to go and |
| 1:08.8 | see the GP 15 years or so ago when I was first |
| 1:13.9 | struggling with this because she could tell that there was a problem and could tell that |
| 1:18.6 | I wasn't quite myself. How wearable devices are allowing patients to recover at home, an idea |
| 1:24.1 | born from entrepreneur Martin's own heart attack. It was surreal, a completely surreal |
| 1:30.2 | experience. I haven't had any health issues. My vital signs were good. My blood tests were normal. |
| 1:38.6 | So it was a complete shock. And Suha, a young woman using AI and an app to help women spot breast cancer earlier, |
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