Melon reads your mind and helps you find focus

Despite the fact that large-scale production of this duo has not yet started, we just could not go past it! Because this is a real life hacking - to understand how your brain while having various kinds, to see what is going on in our head during meditation time or, for example, folding origami.

It's almost like in science fiction films: wear special hoop, run the program and you can see, is thinking about the source;)

We stumbled on this project on kickstarter.com. Its creators - Arie, Laura and Janus - seek to help people better understand themselves. Melon - this is the result of combining the knowledge of cognitive science, computer technology, instrumentation, electrical engineering and industrial design.

Hoop

The hoop is made of molded rubber, coated with a special breathing, sporty neoprene, which allows him to hold tight on your head and rubbing with three electrodes. The main electrode is located at the place where the hoop adjacent to the forehead (FP1). Its functions include reading the brain activity of the prefrontal cortex waves (something similar is in the headgear for sleep

Due to the hoop you get EEG data, which relate to your sleep, attention, meditation and relaxation.

(EEG) - a method of studying the brain, based on detection and analysis of biological currents.

In the hoop has three sizes (small, medium, large). He charged through the micro-USB. Charge is enough for 8 hours of work.

You can also engage in sports or active leisure activities with a hoop on the head. But unfortunately too vigorous, rapid movement and perspiration can disturb the sensor signal.

Mobile app

Melon team has already produced a small test batch of hoops and is currently completing the development of mobile applications. Thanks to the data on your smartphone, you can not only keep track of their state, but also to understand, what prevents you to concentrate, and that, on the contrary, contribute to the improvement of concentration and attention.

You will also receive personalized tips on how best to keep focus on the various problems or to calm down, based on the data obtained.

If you want to help this bright future come a little faster, you know what to do.

In addition, if you are good in all of the above and you have good ideas on how you can still use the Melon, you will be very happy to Kikstarter. And you get everything you need to create your own super-instrument;)

Melon: a headband and mobile app to help you measure focus from Melon on Vimeo.

Melon on Kikstarter