Noel Lee- founder and CEO of headphone maker, Monster, and the lead sound engineer for the original Beats headphones once said, “The Headphone was the first mass-accepted wearable”. Moreover, ears also happen to be great sources of bio-metric information. As a result, engineers have integrated bio-metric data with other sensors into headphones to bring new features and services for users. Below features our 2016 discovery!
Halo Sport introduces Neuropriming headphones to rewrite the history of sport training. Neuropriming uses pulses of energy to increase the excitability of motor neurons which bring accelerated strength and skill acquisition to athletes. Along with the pulses of energy, the brain’s response to training is improved. As a result, the motor cortex is able to send stronger and more synchronous signals to muscles. It means that there are more muscle fibers activated during training. With this increase, gain in strength are seen more rapidly. Additionally, Neuropriming heightens the brain’s natural processes for acquiring new and honing existing athletic skills. Besides, Halo Sport bring users comfortable feeling with soft foam nibs. Thus, Neuroprime often goes unnoticed or feels like a light tingle on the head.
Kokoon is the world first sleeping sensing headphones which integrate cool comfort system, audio relaxation library and sleep analysis with their special EGG brainwave sensors. Kokoon is paired with a mobile companion. Together they help you sleep easier and better. Now, you can relax with one of the most effective natural ways of inducing sleep = audio. Moreover, when it’s time to wake up the intelligent alarm identifies the perfect point in your sleep cycle, ensuring you feel alert and refresh.
“Mico” by Neurowear is a headphone which can free the users from having to select songs and artists by allowing users to encounter new music just by wearing the device. How does it work? The “Mico” system is divided into 2 parts: the mico headphone and the mico app for iPhone. Through the sensors on users’ forehead the mico headphone detects brainwaves. Then, the mico app immediately analyses the users’ condition of brain and searches for the music that best matches your mood. The database of mico music includes 100 songs that have been neuro-tagged by testing several brain reaction to those songs.
According to the study about stress from the American Psychological Association, 62% of adults reported that they are suffer from stress and are willing to try new methods of reducing their stress level. However, approximately 37% of suggested methods are successful. This is the reason why Melomind is here to rescue. Melomind is the world’s first EEG headset that trains the brain to cope with stress. How? Well, Melomind can trains your brain by giving instant feedback on its activity. by generating an audio soundscape that responds to your brainwaves in real-time. The only thing you need to do is to relax to modulate the music. According to your relaxation level, the music will be modulated and adapted to you.
Last but not least, Jabra is impressed as a true 3D audio headset with exciting new mobile apps. Jabra is more than a high-qualified headphone. Your listening experience will inspire your life. The sounds you hear are as it would be in real life- ahead, behind, above, below and to the sides. In addition, the Jabra Headset has a built in GPS for tracking your position accurately; making it possible to integrate with any map application.
It’s a good thing that headphone can add extra advantages and meaning to music. With greater context awareness, connected-ness and processing power these smart headphone can enhance the listening experience.
