London Jan 2.- The Sana Sleep ''smart goggles,'' will be available to the too-tired public starting in the second quarter of 2018, according to Sana Health company.
The goggles will sell for about $400 a pair and the sleeps comes in approximately 10 minutes.
Still, one in three adults in the U.S. doesn't get enough sleep, according to the most recent available data from the CDC. Insomniacs suffer mood and memory impairments, among other undesirable corollaries, researchers from Pittsburgh School of Medicine University have verified.
Sniffing a major market opportunity in the restless masses, a number of tech companies have begun trying to allay insomnia in recent years. They're making mattresses of novel materials, a wide variety of wearable, sleep tracking apps and other IoT devices to encourage better sleep.
For its part, the Sana Sleep looks like padded goggles, or a pared down and comfy version of a VR headset. It is being tested currently with athletes in training who want the most restorative sleep they can get while traveling extensively.
Experts explained this is how the device works: 'It uses audio-visual stimulation to trigger specific patterns in the brain. In the same way that when you go into a nightclub, and hear fast music and see strobe lights, this produces an excited state in your brain, this device produces the patterns your brain needs in order to produce deep states of relaxation.'
The goggles emit pulses of light and sound. The wearer is conscious of the lights and sounds at the outset of each use, but becomes less aware of these as they drift off to sleep. Goggles measure things like users' pulse, breathing and customizes the signals in response to the individual's biometrics.
The efficacy of the company's goggles in early tests with people in sports with a 90 percent efficiency have led Sana Health to pursue a classification as a medical device from the FDA in the US.