Anker's SleepLab speaker uses millimeter-wave radar to monitor sleep without wearables and enhances relaxation with binaural beats and lighting, operating independently without a subscription.
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Anker's SleepLab speaker promises to track and enhance sleep without a wearable. It uses millimeter-wave radar (60GHz) blasting from your nightstand to track micro-movements in your chest and body to continuously monitor your heart rate and breathing to enhance whatever sleep stage you're in. It also embeds lots of hippie shit.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If I'm understanding things correctly, the speaker will - over the course of a month - determine which routines help you get the most rest, using acoustic binaural beats and lighting to gradually deepen relaxation. It operates with a touch of a button, independently of your phone, and doesn't require a paid subscript …</p>
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# Anker’s sleep speaker uses radar and flower power to help you relax
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Thomas Ricker
is a deputy editor and Verge co\-founder with a passion for human\-centric cities, e\-bikes, and life as a digital nomad\. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years\.
Anker’s SleepLab speaker promises to track and enhance sleep without a wearable\. It uses millimeter\-wave radar \(60GHz\) blasting from your nightstand to track micro\-movements in your chest and body to continuously monitor your heart rate and breathing to enhance whatever sleep stage you’re in\. It also embeds lots of hippie shit\.
If I’m understanding things correctly, the speaker will — over the course of a month — determine which routines help you get the most rest, using acoustic binaural beats and lighting to gradually deepen relaxation\. It operates with a touch of a button, independently of your phone, and doesn’t require a paid subscription\. You can also stream audio to it via Bluetooth if you want\.
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It’s all a bit new\-agey but maybe it works? It can be[reserved now for $1](https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/8836598/type/dlg/https://www.soundcore.com/sleeplab-sleep-sound-machine), with the SleepLab Pro model priced at $269\.99 with radar sensing, or $169\.99 without\. Best to wait for the reviews on this one\. I’ve got a unit called in so we’ll see soon enough\.
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- Thomas Ricker
Anker announced new Soundcore Sleep Earbuds 4 and 4 Pro for side-sleepers, featuring longer battery life, improved noise cancellation, a display on the Pro case, and health monitoring sensors, with prices starting at $229.99 and launch in October and November.
Amazon has launched Sleep Studio for its Echo and Echo Kids speakers, offering bedtime stories, relaxing sounds, and guided meditations to help children wind down and sleep, available via an Amazon Kids Plus subscription.
Beacon Biosignals is using a lightweight EEG headband and machine learning to map brain activity during sleep, aiming to create a foundation model for brain health and accelerate clinical trials for neurological disorders.