--- description: Long-distance relationships are hard. Maintaining creepy, intimate contact during a long-distance relationship is even harder. Introducing Pillow Talk, the new device that lets you hear... title: Glowing Pillow with Heartbeat Connects Long-Distance Lovers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) # Glowing Pillow with Heartbeat Connects Long-Distance Lovers by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Nov 9, 2011 6:30 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Nov 9, 2011 6:30 PM CUT Long-distance relationships are hard. Maintaining creepy, intimate contact during a long-distance relationship is even harder. Introducing Pillow Talk, the new device that lets you hear the real-time heartbeat of your long-distance lover, even if he or she is across the country. Scottish designer Joanna Montgomery developed the device, which works by using a ring to measure your heartbeat and a flat panel inside your pillow to glow and beat in sync with your partner’s heartbeat. It’s like sleeping next to a ghost or eery alien presence, except, no, it’s someone who, for some reason, is in a relationship with you. Sadly, Pillow Talk is not for sale yet, but you can eagerly await its arrival at [Little Riot](http://www.littleriot.co.uk/ "undefined"), Montogomery’s design company based in Edinburgh. \[via [NewsFeed](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/11/07/high-tech-pillow-glows-and-pulses-to-your-long-distance-loves-heartbeat/ "undefined")\] **LIST:** [All-TIME 100 Gadgets](http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023689%5F2026196,00.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7238724/glowing-pillow-with-heartbeat-connects-long-distance-lovers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7238724/glowing-pillow-with-heartbeat-connects-long-distance-lovers/"},"headline":"Glowing Pillow with Heartbeat Connects Long-Distance Lovers","datePublished":"2011-11-09T18:30:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:50:24.637Z","description":"Long-distance relationships are hard. Maintaining creepy, intimate contact during a long-distance relationship is even harder. Introducing Pillow Talk, the new device that lets you hear...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7238724/glowing-pillow-with-heartbeat-connects-long-distance-lovers/","keywords":["Tech","LG","legal"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7238724/glowing-pillow-with-heartbeat-connects-long-distance-lovers/","name":"Glowing Pillow with Heartbeat Connects Long-Distance Lovers"}}]}] ```