Electronically controllable pillow

An apparatus, comprising:

• a. a pillow;
• b. a processing unit;
• c. at least one temperature sensor configured to communicate temperature measurements of the internal temperature of the pillow to the processing unit;
• d. at least one presence sensor configured to communicate presence measurements indicating the presence of a user employing the pillow to the processing unit, at least some of the presence measurements further indicating a position of the user in relation to the pillow, the position of the user based on an estimate of a surface area of the pillow in contact with the user, the at least one presence sensor comprising:
• i. an electrically conductive woven fiber mesh;
• ii. a plurality of antennas;
• iii. at least one non-conductive compressible material located in between the electrically conductive woven fiber mesh and the plurality of antennas;
• and
• iv. a plurality of capacitive circuits, each of the plurality of capacitive circuits electrically coupled to the electrically conductive woven fiber mesh and one of the plurality of antennas, each of the plurality of capacitive circuits defining one of a plurality of pillow zones and configured to detect the presence of a user in the one of the plurality of pillow zones;
• wherein the estimate of the surface area of the pillow in contact with the user is based on the presence of the user in the plurality of pillow zones;
• e. at least one transceiver connected to the processing unit configured to communicate with at least one remote device;
• and
• f. at least one thermal element;
• and
• wherein the apparatus is configured to activate the at least one thermal element based, at least in part, on at least some of the temperature measurements and at least some of the presence measurements over at least one period of time.