Thync
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| Category | Other Head-mounted Devices |
| Developer | Thync |
| Announced | October 2014 |
| Released | Developers: June 2015
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| Price | 299 USD (2015) |
| Transmits to | smartphone or tablet |
| Type of connection | Wireless Bluetooth LE (it's iOS only at launch, with an Android app coming by the end of 2015) |
| Vibes | Calm or Energy |
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| Controls | ### |
| Data available | ### |
| Risk factor | ### |
| Not standalone[1] | |
| http://www.thync.com/ | |
Thync is a small triangular-shaped device that you put on the wearer's head. Headset then stimulates and activates nerves that you either relaxed or energized. Brain neurons remain intact, the device only released electrical impulses. The effect is to remind stimulation massages, only more focused on your head. Thync should help with sleep problems, for example, or the motivation to exercise, to replace the morning coffee and the like.[2]
Thync itself is wireless, connecting to your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth (it's iOS only at launch, with an Android app coming by the end of 2015). You control Thync from the official app, where you can choose the length of your session. You can also adjust the strength of the brain-zapping there (each program follows a pattern of greater and lesser intensity, with cycles of peaks and valleys, but you can also manually raise or lower the overall strength).[3]
The Company Thync was withdrawing for manufacturing of this device with the same name $ 13,000,000 in October 2014. From 02.06.2015 the equipment is already publicly available. You can buy it from the price of $ 299 (= 7300 CZK).
Contents
Main characteristics
Purpose
Thync is a wearable device that delivers the effects of either a sleeping pill or a double espresso, without any of the drawbacks, in just one 15-minute session.
Company & People
- Isy Goldwasser - CEO and Founder
- Jamie Tyler Ph.D. - CSO and Founder
- Sumon Pal Ph.D. - Chief of Vibes
- Anil Thakur - CTO
- Jason Egnal - VP, Digital Marketing & Commercial Operations
Important Dates
- 2011 - Co-founding of Company Thync by experts in the fields of neurobiology, neuroscience and consumer electronics from institutions that include MIT, Harvard, and Stanford Universities.
- October 2014 - Beginning of the project Thync.
- June 2015 - start selling the device Thync.
Ethical Issues
Health Risks
Enhancement/Therapy/Treatment
Public & Media Impact and Presentation
Public Policy
Related Technologies, Project or Scientific Research
References
- ↑ Shows if the device is a standalone wearable computer or if it needs to be connected to a processing unit to function.
- ↑ http://cdr.cz/clanek/zprava-thync-vypousti-do-sveta-headset-ktery-skrz-impulzy-do-mozku-ovlada-vasi-naladu (Retrieved October 16 2015))
- ↑ http://www.gizmag.com/thync-hands-on-2/37820/ (Retrieved October 16 2015))
