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Dreams and Sleep are vital for optimal health and happiness. Our mission is to build a technology that will improve sleep and enable everyone to experience the beautiful world of lucid dreams!
iBand+ production tooling molds and out-of-mold product samples:
Dreams and sleep play an important role in our health and happiness. While sleep rejuvenates the body, dreams rejuvenate the mind. Meet iBand+, the headband that helps you sleep and dream!
A truly smart wireless Bluetooth EEG headband, iBand+ senses your brain waves with laboratory level accuracy. It also conceals special health tracking sensor to measure body movement.
iBand+ tracks and analyzes information about your brain and body throughout the sleep cycle with an advanced auto-learning software algorithm. It then uses this information to play and intelligently adjust the audio-visual signals to:
Induce lucid dreams
Help you fall asleep easily
Wake up naturally
The RGB LEDs on iBand+ headband and the compact iBand+ pillow speakers work together to effectively deliver audio-visual stimuli while providing optimum user comfort.
Based on the information gathered from your previous sleep cycles, iBand+ app recommends the audio-visual techniques that can work best for you and helps you choose from the pre-loaded audios. In the future, you can also choose from your own music and audiobook library.
Dreams are the best and most authentic VR experience; a world with no rules and consequences. Imagine if you could be fully aware that you are dreaming without you actually waking up. Such a state of consciousness is possible and it is called âlucid dreamingâ.
Once you are lucid in a dream, you can take control of your dream actions and consciously reshape the dream to fulfill any fantasy and experience anything you can imagine! To control your dream, however, you must first become aware that you are dreaming. iBand+ helps you do that!
Dreams occur when you are in the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) phase of your sleep. During REM phase, the body is largely disconnected from the brain, effectively leaving the muscles incapable of movement -- the reason we donât act out our dreams. iBand+ accurately senses this dream phase by monitoring variations in your brain waves and the body movements.
Once iBand+ senses this dream phase, it plays audio-visual cues. These subtle external stimuli of light patterns via the LEDs on headband and sound from the pillow speakers appear as anomalies in your dream making you aware that you are dreaming without waking you up.
Once in lucid dream, you enter a virtual world where everything you see, hear, touch, taste and smell is as authentic as reality!
Lucid dreaming has been researched scientifically. Many psychologists and researchers have recognized that lucid dreams can help with artistic creativity, problem solving, improving sports and language skills, and can even help people prone to nightmares to get their fears under control.
A productive day starts with a great nightâs sleep. Soothing music is one of the oldest techniques used for meditation and relaxation. Music can help the onset of sleep, improve sleep quality and sleep duration thus leading to a greater sleep satisfaction.
iBand+ helps you sleep easily in a natural way with sounds and music that calm your mind and trigger sleep. It tracks your sleep cycle, body movement, and intelligently adjusts the music and the volume as you fall asleep. Once asleep, iBand+ turns off the music. It then gently introduces white noise that masks distractions and ensures a sound sleep.
Sleep is very important to restore energy reserves and strengthen the immune system. Even minimal sleep loss affects mood, productivity, ability to handle stress and even body weight!
iBand+ tracks your sleep by monitoring brain waves, indicates sleep quality and gives feedback on improvement.
iBand+ has the most advanced smart alarm feature that wakes you up gradually with simulated natural sunlight and sounds at the most optimum period of sleep cycle so that you wake up refreshed every time!
EEG brain sensing technology is the core of iBand+ functionality.
The brain uses electrical pulses to transmit messages. iBand+ is the EEG headband that reads and records activity in the brain through its dry electrodes. âBrain wavesâ are the graphs plotted from these readings.
EEG technology has been used extensively in the medical field, but recent advances in nanotechnology and increasing computational power has made it possible to shrink the EEG electronic circuits and embed them in wearables for everyday applications.
iBand+ headband communicates with iBand+ app on your iOS and Android smartphones via Bluetooth.
Headband:
Strap made of high quality soft, breathable fabric for superior comfort.
Low power Bluetooth 4.0 module that wirelessly syncs with your smartphone.
4 LEDs placed at interpupillary distances (eye distances) that optimally cover almost all the face sizes.
With RGB LEDs users can customize the colors of the visual cues as per individual preferences.
Pillow Speakers:
2 high fidelity compact and slim speakers for superior sound.
Soft, anti-slip cover.
Forward facing speakers ensure the sound gets evenly distributed throughout the pillow surface.
Standard 3.5mm headphone jack.
Technical Specifications:
Dry EEG electrodes: no preparation, no adhesive gel
Low noise EEG sensing: 50dB signal-to-noise ratio, high accuracy
4 RGB LEDs: each producing a gamut of 16 million colors
Body movement: 3D accelerometer
Bluetooth wireless range: 10m / 33 ft
In developer edition, iBand+ provides access to processed EEG frequency spectrums (Alpha, Beta, etc.) as well as raw EEG data so that developers can use iBand+ as standalone or integrate it into numerous Bluetooth controlled applications to create amazing new experiences.
Potential iBand+ applications:
Improving Focus
Meditation
Stress therapy
Fitness tracking
Thought controlled computing
Interactive television
Gaming and entertainment
Smart home integration
Imagine using your brain waves to control numerous smart devices in your home to simplify your daily life. For example, when you fall asleep iBand+ could make sure that lights are off, doors locked, security alarm activated and thermostat adjusted to maintain a comfortable bedroom temperature!
Developers can publish their apps on our website that would enable everyone to use iBand+ in many other ways.
Meditation is an excellent form of mind training that relieves stress, improves concentration and mindfulness, thus improving your quality of life.
iBand+ sleep meditation feature with brainwave entrainment audio-visual techniques is also an excellent way of preparing yourself for lucid dreaming!
5 to 10 minutes of iBand+ sleep meditation technique before going to sleep is what it will take to relax yourself, define the dream cues, set the dream intention and increase self-awareness in your dreams - crucial preparation tactics to become and stay lucid in your dreams.
iBand+ headband with its EEG brain-sensing will track your state of mind during sleep meditation which you can easily check via iBand+ app. You can even compare your daily meditation performance through this app. The app will also provide tips and suggestions to improve your sleep meditation!
Complete set contains:
iBand+ EEG brain sensing and health tracking headband
iBand+ pillow speakers with superior sound
USB charging cable
User manual download
Free app download
Q. Is iBand+ a medical device? A. No, iBand+ is not a medical device. It is a consumer electronic product not meant to diagnose or treat any disease or illness.
Q. How can I view my brain and body information? A. You can view your brain and body information in an easily interpretable format using the iBand+ app on your smartphone.
Q. How can I customize the iBand+ settings? A. iBand+ settings can be easily and conveniently modified from the iBand+ app.
Q. Can I customize the iBand+ audio cues? A. Yes, you can customize the audio cues to include special sounds that come with the iBand+ app. In the future, you can also choose from your own music and audiobook library.
Q. And, what about the visual cues? A. You can also customize the LED light patterns, brightness and the colors.
Q. How does iBand+ headband communicate with the iBand+ app? A. iBand+ headband communicates with the app wirelessly via Bluetooth.
Q. On which platforms will the app be available? A. Initially the app will be available on iOS and Android platforms.
Q. How do I charge iBand+ headband? A. You can charge iBand+ headband through a standard micro USB interface.
Q. Where do I connect the iBand+ pillow speakers? A. To the smartphone installed with iBand+ app.
Q. Where do I place the iBand+ pillow speakers? A. iBand+ pillow speakers should be placed inside your pillowcase under your pillow.
Q. Can I play audio cues on my smartphone speakers if I want? A. Yes, you can. However, be aware that smartphone speakers will not provide you as discreet sound as iBand+ pillow speakers. That could inadvertently wake you and your partner. Moreover, iBand+ pillow speakers are designed with a purpose to provide you superior, lifelike auditory experience while in bed.
Q. How will I receive software updates? A. Through app upgrades.
Q. Are taxes and/or duties included? A. The prices are excluding taxes and/or import duties. You will receive iBand+ as a reward for your contribution and support to this campaign. You will have to check with your local authorities if any taxes or duties are applicable to you.
Q. Do you accept returns? A. Unfortunately, we cannot accept Indiegogo returns. However, we will repair/replace the defective unit free of cost. Thank you for your understanding and support.
Q. How will I contribute to the iBand+ development? A. We are looking forward to your feedback and improvement suggestions to develop a world-class product. Technical specifications will evolve during the course of development such that we can deliver the best EEG brain-sensing and health-tracking headband to you!
Q. Can I pay by Paypal? A. You cannot pay by Paypal anymore on Indiegogo.
Q. Whom should I contact in case of more queries? A. Please visit our website www.ibandplus.com or send an email to hello@ibandplus.com with subject âQUERYâ. We are getting many customer support requests every day, so please be patient with us. We will get back to you ASAP.
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