It is a favourite image in science fiction: astronauts lying in hibernation capsules on a long voyage into space. Now the computer-controlled bed is here for real, claiming to monitor your sleeping patterns, regulate your temperature and even intervene to stop you snoring.

The Starry Night Bed cannot put users in stasis, as in 2001: A Space Odyssey, but it does have a digital ‘brain’ equipped with movement sensors, internet connectivity and tips on how to improve your sleep. The downside for snorers and their partners is that the bed will not be available until next year and is likely to cost around GBP25,000.

Mark Quinn, an executive at bed manufacturer Leggett & Platt, which demonstrated it at last week’s International Consumer Electronics Showin Las Vegas, said: “If you show me someone whose bedmate is snoring, ask them how much quality of life is worth. Or ask a menopausal woman who’s having hot flushes how much it’s worth to have a bed where she could cool down.”

The Starry Night Bed contains vibration sensors that can monitor the sleeper’s breathing. If the breathing stops, a built-in computer can call 999. If it detects snoring, the head of the bed automatically elevates by seven degrees to unblock the sleeper’s airways. If the snoring continues, it goes up by seven degrees. When the snoring stops, the bed flattens out again.

Leggett & Platt said that during tests the method worked successfully on 400 people. Quinn said: “This is for light and moderate snorers. It’s not necessarily going to help heavy-duty snorers who might have bigger issues.” The bed also monitors and records body movements every night.

Quinn added: “If you spike one night with a lot of tossing and turning, we’re able to recognise that and give you advice, such as don’t eat spicy foods, drink less caffeine and so on.” A layer of liquid sealed into the mattress allows the bed to provide heating or cooling between 20C and 47C.

The bed’s headboard contains a media centre with 1.5 terabytes of memory, enough to store 400,000 songs or 2,000 hours of video. There are also surround-sound speakers and an LCD-based projector in the headboard that casts a 10ft screen on the wall.