
Hug Machine
The genesis of weighted sleep therapy and compressive products can be traced to Temple Grandin’s ‘hug machine’. Temple Grandin is an American Professor and Autism Spokesperson. She watched stressed-out cattle on a ranch queue up for inoculations; then witnessed a sense of calm come over the cattle when they stepped into a deeply compressive chute. From this experience, Temple developed a human hug machine. The device proved to be incredibly helpful for many with autism and th