London-based startup Kokoon has developed a pair of headphones that are capable of tracking your brain's activity during sleep periods. This headphones are equipped with electroencephalography sensors that give you feedback on your sleep. They're also designed to me comfortable and non-invasive, and keep you snoozing away peacefully.
The EEG sensors monitor electrical signals bouncing around in the wearer's brain as they fall asleep, and then relay relevant data to a companion smartphone app. The system uses special algorithms to detect when the user is asleep, automatically lowering the volume and canceling out external noises so as to ensure they don't wake up again.
The Kokoon app also offers a sleep score and sorts different states of sleep into categories such as deep sleep, REM sleep, light sleep and wakefulness. While there are other sleep tracking apps out there, the integration of sleep tracking into headphones -- which can play your own music or a library of sleep-inducing sounds -- is what makes this product truly unique.
What's Driving This Trend
- Sleep-tracking Technology
- Opportunity for integrating sleep tracking sensors into various wearable devices to monitor and improve sleep quality.
- Smartphone App Integration
- Opportunity for developing companion apps that can analyze and provide feedback on sleep patterns.
- Personalized Sleep Inducers
- Opportunity for creating personalized audio experiences to help individuals achieve better sleep through music and soothing sounds.
Who This Affects Most
- Wearable Technology
- Disruptive innovation opportunity to incorporate sleep tracking sensors into fitness trackers, smartwatches, and other wearable devices.
- Health and Wellness
- Disruptive innovation opportunity to introduce sleep monitoring and improvement solutions into the health and wellness industry.
- Audio Technology
- Disruptive innovation opportunity to develop headphones and audio products specifically designed to improve sleep quality and promote relaxation.
