Philips releases a headband that plays white noise to help you sleep
Philips just came out with a new headband that plays white noise to help your brain get to sleep.
Although Philips’ headband looks like an ill-formed diaper, its weird design attaches built-in sensors to your forehead in order to detect brain activity. Then it shares that data with a connected mobile app. When deep sleep is detected, the headband’s speakers will start playing white noise in a slowly repeating pattern, which Philips claims will reinforce a good night’s sleep.
A startup announced a similarly strange-looking headband called Dreem built for the same purpose of playing white noise as you sleep last June, and it’s currently on sale for a hefty $499.
While the Philips headband doesn’t look that comfortable nor reliable, small…
