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Mind-Reading Headband Boosts Sleep Quality
7 Jun
Summary
- Headband uses sensors to track brain waves, heart rate, and blood flow.
- Sleep Assist feature lowers sound volume as you drift off to sleep.
- Deep Sleep Boost aims to enhance recovery stages for fresher mornings.
A new health wearable, the Muse S Athena headband, is designed to actively enhance sleep quality rather than just track it. The device employs multiple sensors, including PPG for heart rate, fNRI for brain blood flow, and EEG for brain signals, mirroring medical-grade sleep analysis.
Its Sleep Assist feature is notable, intelligently lowering the volume of accompanying sleep sounds as the user drifts off, creating a natural transition into sleep. This function is reported to be highly effective in easing a racing mind and inducing drowsiness.
The headband also features Deep Sleep Boost, which uses quiet sounds during deep sleep to strengthen brain activity associated with recovery. This aims to reduce nighttime awakenings and promote waking up feeling more refreshed.
While offering sophisticated sleep and meditation tracking, the Muse S Athena comes at a premium price of $474. Alternative options like the MUSICOZY and Oura Ring offer sleep tracking at lower costs or with broader health monitoring, but they do not provide the active sleep improvement features of the Muse S Athena.
