Measuring and monitoring brain waves to analyze why people have problems with sleeping isn’t an easy task. Normally, patients need to be examined in special laboratories and wear head sets with up to eight electrodes over a certain period of time. But now Osaka-based Siix Corporation and the Osaka Bioscience Institute Foundation have developed a simple device that makes it possible to measure and monitor sleep-related brain waves in the comfort of your own home.
As you can see on the picture, the device isn’t much bigger than a box of cigarettes and fits on the head, meaning patients are able to use the device in their own beds when they sleep. Siix says it only records brain waves, but if you add electrodes the device can be used for monitoring your breathing patterns and eyeball movements as well.
The company works on making the device even smaller and aims at commercializing it as early as spring 2010, targeting medical facilities and designers of sleep-related furniture.
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Trust me, a sleep study for something like Sleep Apnea is WAY scarier looking than that.
When I went in for one, there was those diodes all over my scalp and across my chest. It was extremely uncomfortable to sleep in, aside from not sleeping in your own bedroom while they record your patterns obviously. Having just one or two diodes, especially that I could just do at home, would have been amazing.
Our busy lives and hectic, stressful schedules have demanded more from our bodies when in fact, all we need is a good ol’ rest and sleep, the natural way. You can just have a time off and listen to relaxing binaural beats. I believe it is worth exploring how music can influence brain activity. Every moment of your life your brain is active. It is pulsing with electrical impulses, which can be measured with an EEG (electroencephalogram), which measures the frequency of the electrical current in Hertz (HZ). These frequencies are associated with your state of mind at any given moment, for example, it can measure your level of awareness and focus; your level of relaxation and even creativity.