Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain

What I want to know is: can we trigger these flushes? My grandfather died of/with Alzheimer’s, and I’d prefer not to follow in his footsteps. If we determine that these flushes are key to good brain health, and there were a way either through a pill or even a treatment to up the frequency of these flushes, that would be awesome.

We can't "trigger" the flushes, however, it looks like we can increase the power of the pump.

This is specifically the area we work in traditionally called slow-wave enhancement which is stimulating the restorative function of sleep.

This paper [1] specifically looks at amyloid response as a result of stimulation and shows a corresponding relationship between stimulation response, amyloid response, and memory. I wouldn't say it's putting a bow on the results, but it is a very promising result.

If you're curious about what we're building, I'll be posting a ShowHN next week which dives into some of the data in a way regulatory requirements don't permit us to do on our website, but until then, check out https://affectablesleep.com

[1] https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad228

Why is a headband a subscription service?

The only way to make this a viable business. We experimented with full price up front, and didn't get any sales.

Long-term particularly if we can make the numbers work for a monthly subscription, it makes the technology more accessible.

I feel like sleep technology may be close to the worst market for this sort of tethered technology. I do not want a gizmo on me that is connected to the Internet when I’m sleeping