Overview
myWaves brings deep sleep to your nights
Listen to a sound made from your own brainwaves for thirty minutes as you fall asleep. No drugs, no change to how you live.
The need
Japan is a country that cannot sleep. Six in ten people struggle with it.
Trouble falling asleep. Waking in the night. Still tired in the morning. In Japan a great many people live with this and treat it as something that cannot be fixed.
The myWaves sleep solution aims to improve sleep quality by having you listen, as you go to sleep, to a sound generated from your own brainwave data. It is not a supplement, and it is not generic relaxation audio.
Origin
A new sleep experience out of frontier research
Dr Alain Destexhe is a neuroscientist at the CNRS in Paris. The idea of using brainwaves to help people sleep came to him on a transatlantic flight, while he was struggling to rest.
His subsequent work on brain states and neural noise showed that a sleep sound personalised to a person's own brainwaves substantially improved relaxation and sleep.
He developed myWaves out of a single intention: to bring deeper, more comfortable sleep within everyone's reach.
How it works
Three steps to a sound that is yours
One night of recording. After that, thirty minutes as you fall asleep.
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Record one night of sleep
Wear the Pebble EEG recorder on your forehead and sleep. A single night captures your sleep rhythm and your brainwave pattern.
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Generate your own sleep sound
Upload the recording to the portal. A patented algorithm analyses it and produces a sound that is yours alone, in about thirty minutes.
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Improve how you sleep
Once you are in bed, open the app and listen for thirty minutes. Your own sound encourages relaxation and carries you into deeper, more comfortable sleep.
Why myWaves
Plenty of products promise better sleep. Very few deliver it.
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Sleep solutions that disappoint
Sleep supplements frequently leave people drowsy or heavy the next day. Audio-based sleep products are, almost always, not actually personalised.
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Technology grounded in neuroscience
Unlike the dry electrodes in consumer devices, myWaves uses gel electrode pads. That records delta waves with far less noise, and patented neuro-acoustic transduction turns them into a sound that is yours.
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A scientific lullaby that lasts
Adult brainwave patterns change very little, so most people need only a few recordings a year. You do not wear the device every night.
When to reach for myWaves
Nightly sleep, but also jet lag after travel, a break between study sessions, or a nap. It supports quality rest in a range of situations.
Comparison
How myWaves differs from other sleep audio
myWaves on the left, typical sleep audio and measurement on the right.
myWaves
Others
A sleep solution backed by neuroscience
Often no published scientific basis
A sound built from your own delta waves
Off-the-shelf audio made for everyone
Sleep data is measured and then used
Not measured, or measured and left there
Four small sensors, recorded from your own bed
A multi-electrode helmet device in a clinic
Works anywhere, and you fall asleep where you are
Tied to a place or to equipment
Start by listening
We publish a sample generated from the founder's own brainwaves. It explains itself faster than we can.