Rythm; Sleep-Improving Neurotechnology
By 2017, there should be access to a headset that improves the quality of sleep. It has been produced by French firm Rhythm, who have received a private investment of over $11 million.
By 2017, there should be access to a headset that improves the quality of sleep. It has been produced by French firm Rhythm, who have received a private investment of over $11 million. Audio is used to stimulate the brain and stretch out the periods of deep sleep meaning you are more refreshed and wake less sleepy. It is also thought it can help improve the memory.
Hugo Mercier, co-founder of Rhythm needed to stop scepticism of the product, and it was only after the results of a few studies were read that this stopped, and the scientific aspect was understood. Research is ongoing and with each phase, more is understood.
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The reason for the delay in publication is that the item is being patented. The funding that was received was 3 million Euros in the way of public grants and 7 million Euros from private investors. The first contact was with biotech investor Laurent Alexandre and he has a long term interest in a way to create a two-way brain interface that is non-invasive, and Dream fits the bill. His investment was 750,000 Euros, and this allowed the research to start. Xavier Niel of Kima Ventures also invested and while the product is not yet ready, both of who have put in are aware of the fact.
Large scale testing needs to be carried out before the product can be launched and the French military have been called upon to help with the trials. Money that is remaining will go towards marketing and production.
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Rachel Kowalski is the Cybersecurity Analyst at TrendinTech, where she covers vulnerabilities, ransomware, supply chain attacks, nation-state operations and the security rules shaping organizations in the United States and Europe. Before moving into journalism she worked as a threat intelligence analyst at a security vendor and later reported for CyberScoop and the security desk at Wired, covering the SolarWinds compromise and the ransomware wave that hit hospitals and pipelines. Rachel holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from the Georgia Institute of Technology and attends Black Hat and DEF CON in Las Vegas each year, where she follows research from the security community. She writes to make risks and countermeasures understandable to people who are not specialists.
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