VOA News January 8, 2020
Elizabeth Lee

LAS VEGAS – Wearable devices no longer just count steps. From startups to long established brands, companies are now developing wearables that can help improve one’s health, and prevent and predict problems before they occur.

Technology in wearable devices is a growing category at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Training the brain

French startup Urgotech has developed URGOnight, a wearable headband and app to help with sleep.

“Basically, your brain emits brain waves all the time, and some of those waves are clinically proven to be linked to your sleep quality,” said Guirec Le Lous, president of Urgotech.

Wearing the headband with electrodes inside for 20 minutes, users can train the brain to emit sleep-inducing...

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