When I spoke to Neurable earlier this year, the company said it planned to license its brain-scanning technology to power a flood of gadgets that were ready to enter the market. But it decided to launch its own hardware first. It also puts a little more capability for us to be able to show off what’s possible with the technology.” The Boston company has until now relied on other brands to showcase its brain-scanning technology in their products, all of which promise to help people improve focus and provide data about your brain activity in a companion app.
It began a few years ago by building its tech into some Master & Dynamic headphones. At the start of this year, Neurable showed off a gaming headset with HP's HyperX featuring two electroencephalography (EEG) sensors built in. Like the original M&D MW75 Neuro headphones, the Neurable One features 12 EEG sensors in the nylon earpads that are used to monitor brain waves.
The headphones cost $499 and will be available in October from Neurable’s website. Alongside the new headphones is a new app (the old app will continue to exist for now for older hardware), which Alcaide says tracks eight brain metrics: Brain Age: Tracks your brain’s perceived age against your real age. Brain Battery: What you have left in reserve.
Speed: How quickly you process information. Focus: How well your attention is holding. Load: How much effort you spend doing the task.
Stress: How much tension you have doing the task. Sleepiness: How far you are drifting toward sleep. Alpha Peak Frequency: Your strongest resting rhythm, which Neurable claims is like the brain's heart rate variability.
The biggest hardware and software change with the Neurable One is that you no longer have to start a session in the app to capture brain activity. Instead, the Neurable One passively monitors your brain as soon as you put the headphones on—Alcaide likens it to wearing a Fitbit. At that point, the sensors begin monitoring your brain activity to measure your focus.
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