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How New Wearable Tech Targets Brain Waves for Better Sleep

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The Wall Street Journal

Technology

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Do you have trouble falling asleep? If meditation apps and sleep trackers aren’t cutting it, now there’s technology designed to help users not only nod off more quickly but improve their slumber. WSJ’s Charlotte Gartenberg speaks with Science Bureau Chief Jo Craven McGinty about the latest wearable sleep tech that targets brain waves with sound and light to help you get a good night’s rest. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Sign up for the WSJ's free The Future of Everything newsletter.  Further reading:  New Wearable Devices Target the Brain to Bring Better Sleep  To Get a Better Night’s Sleep, First Fix Your Day  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.2

Do you find it hard to fall asleep?

0:35.3

If you do, you're not alone.

0:40.6

Roughly 46 million Americans say they have trouble nodding off, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Have you

0:47.2

tried lowering the room temperature, doing breathing exercises, sticking to a schedule, turning the lights off earlier, stretching before bed,

0:58.1

not eating before bed, quitting coffee, aromatherapy, drinking warm milk, listening to whale songs?

1:04.4

Well, if none of those help, turns out there's tech for that. Sleep tech isn't new.

1:10.2

Apps like Headspace and calm have libraries

1:12.7

of exercises and guided meditations that aim to help users fall asleep. There are trackers

1:18.5

that help you use your data to plan for better sleep. There are mattresses that heat, cool,

1:23.0

raise, and lower your body to help you find your optimal sleep position and temperature.

1:28.4

But what if this still isn't enough to calm your racing mind and convince your body and brain

1:33.6

that it's time to sleep? From the Wall Street Journal, this is the future of everything.

1:39.0

I'm Charlotte Gartenberg. Today, I'm talking to WSJ Science Bureau Chief Joe Craven McGinty

1:46.0

about new wearable sleep devices that target the brain with both sound and light to improve our sleep.

1:52.7

A good night's rest after the break. Neuroscientists have been studying brainwave modulation for a decade or more. I spoke with our

2:13.2

Science Bureau Chief Joe Craven-Maginty about how sound is being used to modulate our brain

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