Exclusive: Neurable’s First Brain-Scanning Headphones Want to Fine-Tune Your Focus
The company claims that its new device, the Neurable One, can keep you in the zone, calculate the best time to take a break, and tell you when your “brain battery” needs a recharge.
Neurable, a Boston-based company, has launched its own brain-scanning headphones, the Neurable One, following an earlier decision to bring the product in-house. The $499 headphones, available in October, feature 12 EEG sensors in the nylon earpads to monitor brain waves. The app tracks eight brain metrics including Brain Age, Brain Battery, Speed, Focus, Load, Stress, Sleepiness, and Alpha Peak Frequency.
The headphones automatically monitor your brain activity once placed on your head, alerting you if you're getting distracted or burning out, and offering breaks or guided sessions to help you regain focus or fall asleep. The company's app also provides weekly or monthly reports to track brain activity over time, but emphasizes that the data stays with the user and is not sold for advertising purposes.
Neurable's new headphones come with premium sound quality, 40-mm beryllium drivers, six microphones, active noise cancellation, transparency mode, Bluetooth 5.2 support, and 22 hours of battery life (12 hours with EEG sensors active). The product is not a medical device and was shown to increase focus by 30%, decrease end-of-day burnout by 10%, and increase end-of-day happiness in previous research.
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