Isbn: 9798223215387 - wearable gadgets and technology for meditation (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Meditation has been practised for thousands of years. Today, advances in neuroscience, wearable technology, and artificial intelligence are opening entirely new ways to support, measure, and deepen the practice, from EEG headbands that translate brainwave patterns into real-time feedback, to AI systems that generate personalised guided sessions on demand.Wearable Gadgets and Technology for Meditation is a comprehensive guide to this rapidly evolving field. Co written by a software engineer and practitioner of multiple meditation traditions, the book provides a rigorous and hands-on survey of the technologies now available to meditators.Technologies and devices covered include:¿ EEG-based devices: Muse meditation headband, Neurosky MindWave, how brainwave biofeedback works and how to use it effectively¿ Biofeedback wearables: Unyte IOM2, heart rate variability, coherence training, and stress reduction¿ Smart rings: Dhyana, meditation-specific tracking from the wrist¿ Neurostimulation: tDCS headsets and their effects on attention and mood; the Shiva Helmet and its capacity to stimulate non-ordinary states¿ Lucid dreaming devices, meditation lamps, and flotation tanks¿ Sound-based tools: binaural beats, PEMF, and frequency-based relaxation technology¿ Apps: Insight Timer, Calm, Headspace, and the newer wave of AI-powered apps that generate unique sessions based on user input¿ AI agents and LLM-based meditation companions, conversational systems that can coach, reflect, and adapt in real time¿ VR meditation environments, smart home integration, and digital minimalism frameworks¿ Traditional meditation systems, Vipassana, Jhana, Zen, Yogic dhyana, Dzogchen, contextualised alongside the technologyEach device and app is examined practically: what the technology does, the science behind it, the authors' direct experience using it, comparative notes, and honest caveats. The book also includes research on wearable gadgets and apps for stress reduction, suggested daily routines, and a detailed look at next-generation gadgets emerging from 2024 onwards.For meditators who want to understand and make use of the expanding toolkit of mindfulness technology, without losing sight of what practice is actually for, this is an essential reference. …