# MIT spinout Elemind ships first sleep headbands to pilot users

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/mit-spinout-elemind-ships-first-sleep-headbands-to-pilot-users-507b2ffd
Date: 25 Sep 2024
About: [Elemind](https://technooptimist.io/companies/elemind.md) · [Elemind headband](https://technooptimist.io/neurotech/elemind-headband.md)
Original source: https://news.mit.edu/2024/startup-elemind-helps-people-fall-asleep-0925

Elemind began shipping headbands to a small group of early users in summer 2024 to gather feedback before wider release. In a small study of adults with sleep-onset insomnia, 30 minutes of stimulation shortened the time to fall asleep by 10 to 15 minutes.

## Key facts

- Co-founders include MIT professor Ed Boyden, David Wang, Nir Grossman and Heather Read; CEO Meredith Perry
- Builds on phase-locked stimulation: timing stimuli to the brain's own rhythm
- Audio fades out once the device detects sleep

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