(CNN) - Imagine a gadget that knows your mind better than you do. Picture a device that can rank the activities in your life that bring you joy, or interject your typed words with your feelings. One woman has helped create just that.
Ariel Garten believes that the brain with its 100 billion neurons that receive, register,
and respond to thoughts and impulses has the power to accomplish almost anything, if only its power could be properly harnessed.
Her company
InteraXon, which she co-founded with
Trevor Coleman, has produced
Muse - a lightweight headband that uses electroencephalography (EEG) sensors to monitor your brain activity, transmitting that information to a smartphone, laptop or tablet. The high-tech headband has been used to pour beer, levitate chairs, or control the lights - all without the wearer lifting a finger.
And in a world where technology is often blamed for raising stress levels, 35-year-old Garten believes her $300 headband could even help calm us down. The Canadian who has worked as a fashion designer, art gallery director, and psychotherapist spoke to
CNN about her influences and vision for the future of technology...
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