The Chaser Report - Extra - Internet Connected Pillow

Episode Date: November 9, 2020

Charles has a brand new entry into his Welcome to the Future segment and it's a Smart Pillow. But why would any one want a smart pillow? Plus, Rebecca De Unamuno brings you the latest news you can't trust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Chaser Report, Global World International News Headlines Update with Rebecca Dayunamuno. The United States of America has won the US elections. Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in a result which means Mr Biden will be the first adult to win the US presidency since 2012. Republicans will today begin a long search for the absolute worst person to nominate in 2024. The Trump family has spent the morning frantically throwing all of the White House cutlery into bags in a frantic attempt to squeeze a final few dollars out of their time in office. Ivanka Trump has also listed the White House on Airbnb for the rest of their stay. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has been

detained at the border of Mexico after being spotted attempting to flee the country in the wake of his election loss. Mexican guards detained the president, telling him to go back to where he came from, offering to pay for a border wall in order to keep Americans out of their country. That's the latest chase and news. Now it's time for Craig, Dom and Charles. Thanks, Beck, and yes, I'm here with Dom Knight and Craig Roocastle. Hello again. Good to be here. And it's time for another fascinating episode of... Welcome to the future.

Yes, and on today's episode, I'm going to review a product called the Sunrise Smart Pillow. Right, so why, can I just ask you, before I play any clips from the really good ad for it, I ask you, why would you want a smart pillow? Is it a pillow you can use to smother sunrise hosts? Oh my God, I would definitely buy that. Is it because no one wants a dumb pillow?

Well, what, what? No. Well, if you sold a dumb pillow, no one's going to buy it, are they? Right. People would want a smart pillow. Exactly. I'm sorry. I spent my money on dumb pillows. Well, let's find out. We all have to wake up on time, but how we've been doing it is unnatural. It needs to change.

Unnatural? Yeah. Like, it's unnatural to not have internet-connected pillow. Okay, I want to hear more about this. Yeah, exactly. I was the internet internet connected. All of the things on this segment, and I speak from having done this for many years, a Bluetooth connected and shit.

It's just a, it's just a feature. It's like a running joke. It's a great thing. So what is, what would make a pillow more natural? Just think about what would make it smell. So currently you wake up naturally, like, oh, because you wake up. Oh, I've had a good night's sleep.

I think I might open my eyes and quickly check my Twitter feed. Yeah. But this way, yes, it's just immediately. Natural. I would imagine that your pillow vibrates in some very horrible way. Yeah. And maybe it shouts. your Twitter feed in your ear rather than having to get your phone.

You're actually, you're both completely wrong and I sort of think that's why, you know, you haven't made like millions of dollars out of this, which is what the makers have done. The sunrise pillow is the world's first smart pillow that tracks your sleep, wakes you naturally with light and reinvents the alarm. Yeah, what it does is it glows. So what happens is as you wake up, like to wake you up, it glows. It glows. Yeah, so you said vibrate.

That's so fucking 2007. I don't have curtains anyway, so I get working up with a light anyway. What's this smart pillow? Just have a stupid approach to finishing off your house. Yeah. I'm lying on my side, like looking on the outside of the room. I can't even see the pillow. This is it.

Most people, like to sleep on their back. So how did your pillow wake you up? Like with the light. No, because it glow. Oh, natural glow. The glow comes out of the light. It comes out of the pillow and it sort of, well, if you've got your... I presume there's some part of this segment,

Charles tells us how much this cost when I punch him. Is that one of it? Well, the punching thing hasn't been number four, but there's always a cheap in price. You're right. Do you want to see how it works? This is gone. In the morning, your pillow will glow from a soft morning red to orange until your room is filled with light.

Then your music plays to ensure you're awake. So don't you reckon, like, just put aside your cynicism, your 20 years of just trying to be funny all the time, and just sort of go, don't you think that if you, this would say a Kickstarter, wouldn't you just go for 59.95 US, you put in? You'd put in, wouldn't you? I don't know, let me just compare it to. my approach.

Let's see if that sounds better than my normal approach of waking up. Here you go. It's terrible. Yeah, no, exactly. It doesn't, anything sounds better than that. Yeah, yeah.

That noise makes me want to kill people. You would pay $60 for that. You would pay $60. I'm just imagining waking up from sleep, just seeing glowing red. Yes. I think you, fuck, it's a bushfire.

Yeah, yeah. Relaxing. Yeah. No, and also, remember, it also does a whole of it. No, no, but you're totally wrong. It also extract. You don't think that that's worth it? If it's a smart pillor, can it talk to my fridge?

Well, actually, because you weren't here, but there is a smart fridge that I already. No, I know this is a smart fridge. This is what I'm saying. No, which actually has a smart fridge social network. Let's do another episode of the podcast for that one. That's the real social network we've got to watch it out. Charles, my question is, does it whisper into my ear? You're funny.

No one hates you. You're going to succeed. Because that's what I'd pay you don't 95 for that. Dom, you can't even get a robot to do that. No, it's not going to take your wife's job. She does that. Anyway, let's keep on with the... You want to be to play it on the clip without any throw at all, just awkwardly.

Okay, here it goes. You can even fall asleep the old-fashioned way, with the adjustable reading lights that turn off automatically once you've fallen a Isn't that That's the old fashion way You get a robot to turn off your lights off Just like mummy Just like mummy robot used to do it

Yeah Abraham Lincoln's robot Used to do that It might have been like that Because your candle ran out of energy At some point turned off Oh okay But that is

Yeah That's a strange line Okay So so can I tell you I know you're cynical But actually this pillow I'm slightly coming around to be honest This pillow

did very well. It was one of the top rating Kickstarter projects ever. What's the hell is it doing in your segment? $754,300 US dollars raised in the first four weeks, right? Now, so what I did was I went and I went around and I tried to research reviews of this product, right? Because it's like, this sounds actually like a good product. A rare success for the Rock Into the Future segment. Yes.

And you know what? The first Google search when you look up Sunrise Smart Pillow. I'm going to guess product safety recall. Incorrect. It's Class Action Lawsuit Facebook group for the Sunrose Smart Pillow. And what has happened is they raised a huge amount of money for a very, I reckon, good sounding product. And what has happened is? And the reason why there's no reviews anywhere on the web

is because the product doesn't exist. Can I just say that when you said it's raised a very large amount of money on Kickstarter, it did give me a slight twinge. I'm not sure if you're entirely aware of this, but there was an automatic drone on Kickstarter that was so amazing. The Chase didn't invest in one, but two of them. And similarly, it was never made. me.

I think one of our colleagues probably needs a smart pillow to help them sleep more soundly. Anyway, point is I have joined the class action lawsuit Facebook page and I will report back on any developments because I really want this pillow. I think that's probably going to be the end result. It's his class action. Well, I suppose that's the end of the episode. give us a five-star review on the Chaser Report. You know, like the Apple Podcasts. Apparently that's the only one they care about.

Why is that? Or Sue us, much like the pillow. For a done product. And we're on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn. Are we on LinkedIn? Or Don could do the wrap-up. Why don't you go and lie down on that phone? I'm going to go and lie down.

And how did we end this episode? Just find us on all the usual socials. You know what they are. You can just search for us. You're smart.