Sensate

Sensate makes a pebble shaped device that vibrates on a users chest, causing them to feel more calm. Similar to how Spark Biomedical provides electro stimulation to the vagus nerve via the ear, Sensate is tapping into a similar neuro stimulation pathway to reduce feelings of stress and anxiety. They claim that after 14 days of use, users were on average falling asleep 30 mins faster and stayed asleep 1 hour longer. They also claim they help users generate 26% more theta brain waves, a common measure of brain activity when it is in a meditative state. Non-chemical, non-invasive preventative care has historically be underinvested in and largely ignored for treating symptoms and damage after something goes wrong, done in a medical setting. There has been a surge in consumer demand for health and wellness products that are more natural and non pharmaceutical in nature. Sensate is helps address a portion of the mental health crisis in America through this exact approach, making it so important product that many will want to buy.