"Elemind's $350 headband feels straight out of Star Trek and is designed to boost sleep quality. It detects a person's brain signals to know whether they're asleep or awake and delivers a type of acoustic stimulation known as pink noise to move the brain from wakeful patterns to delta waves, which represent a deeper sleep. In a small trial of 21 participants, the device helped more than three-quarters of them fall asleep faster."
"Equipped with EEG sensors, the headphones track brain activity associated with concentration-namely, beta waves-to tell users how focused they are. When I tried them out last year, they confirmed what I already suspected: My most focused working hours are during the morning. The device also nudges you to take the occasional break if it thinks you've been deeply focused for too long, a feature I appreciate as someone who spends a lot of time in front of a computer screen."
Wearables have shifted from fitness trackers to devices that monitor brain activity using EEG. EEG sensors detect electrical impulses from the brain and combine them with AI to interpret brain states. Elemind's $350 headband detects sleep state and delivers pink noise to encourage delta-wave deep sleep, producing faster sleep onset for most trial participants. Neurable's $500 headphones monitor beta waves to gauge concentration and provide nudges to take breaks. Apple has sought patents for EEG-sensing AirPods and added Vision Pro accessibility controls linked to brain signals. Head-worn devices aim to modulate sleep and productivity through real-time neural feedback and stimulation.
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