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You’ve probably heard the promises before: fall asleep faster, relax more deeply, wake up easier. Earable Neuroscience was co-founded by a computer science professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and a doctor at Colorado Children’s Hospital. We spent about ten years figuring out how to bring a sleep clinic to your bedroom. The result was the Frenz Brainband. This is a mind-reading headband that honestly looks like a futuristic version of the headgear you needed to sleep in every night as a teenager. His Frenz, which debuted this month at CES (an annual consumer electronics trade show that has already won an innovation award), features sensors on the forehead and superconductors above the ears, which together monitor brain waves, heart rate, and more. , respiration and oxygen monitoring. He looks at levels, eye movements, and facial microtremors to get a sense of cognitive function. Then, in response to signs of sleep disturbance, select audio his content, such as rain sounds, white he noises, and guided meditations, is played through bone conduction speakers and transmitted to your ears only. Aside from that, Earable’s Chief Growth Officer Kimi Doan says the fact that Frenz is a unique initiative to treat sleep disorders is what sets it apart from other sleep wearables. And so: In a company-conducted test of over 1,000 “tricky sleepers,” 86% of the participants fell asleep faster with Frenz. Earable believes that if you like a snoozer, you’ll be happy to pay his $599 price tag on the Frenz to experience a similarly restful sleep.
