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Neuroscience & Mental Health · Recorded milestone

Sleep-deepening headbands

Recorded year2018

Philips' SmartSleep headband plays soft tones timed to brain waves to deepen sleep, a first step toward engineering sleep.

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Built on

Fitness trackerRecorded · 2009enables
Home brain-stimulation headsetRecorded · 2017enables

Led to

Sleep-boosted learningForecast · ~2057enables
Jet-lag reset bandForecast · ~2058enables
Sleep-compression headsetForecast · ~2061enables
Crew hibernationForecast · ~2066enables
Computing while asleepForecast · ~2070enables
Lucid dream interfacesForecast · ~2082enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.