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These days, there are many people who have trouble falling asleep or waking up well in the early morning due to the hot days continuing at night.

In addition to this, the number of people suffering from sleep problems for other reasons is increasing recently. As awareness spreads that a good night's sleep is important for health and quality of life, the market is growing.



Reporter Jae Hee-won reports.



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If you put your smartphone by your bedside before going to sleep, AI will listen to your breathing and analyze your sleeping habits.



It is a sleep aid artificial intelligence being developed jointly by a startup and a university hospital.



In the future, by connecting AI speakers and lighting, we plan to develop into self-regulating the brightness and music that makes it easy to fall asleep.



[Lee Dong-heon/CEO of Non-Contact Sleep Test Development Startup: Knowing how I sleep every day and finding out what (sleep) problems I have so that I can organically receive solutions according to them (goal)]



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A pillow that relieves snoring has appeared by automatically inflating the airbag inside when it hears a snoring sound, thereby widening the airway.



[Lee Kwang-geun / Team leader of a snoring relief pillow development company: There were statistics that 30% to 50% of (adults) snored.

I think the demand will be sufficient.

I am planning to focus on (sleep industry).]



In Korea, the number of people visiting hospitals for sleep disorders is increasing by 8% every year.



At the same time, the sleep-related market has grown to about KRW 3 trillion, more than six times larger than 10 years ago.



As the perception that a good sleep is good for health and good work and study is spreading, more and more people are opening their wallets for 'quality sleep'.



[Kim Jung-hoon/Professor of Otolaryngology and Throatology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital: Every day, people feel that their sleep quality is different.

But I don't know why it's different.

How you live for 17 hours during the day has a decisive effect on your 7-hour sleep.]



From just soft duvets and comfortable furniture, the sleep industry combined with advanced technology is now developing further.



(Video coverage: Gyun-jong Kim, Chang-hyun Cho, video editing: Ji-in Park)