Written on August 30, 2008 – 3:00 am | by Bogdan Alex |
Ever heard of binaural beats? I remember some Asian company released a pair of headphones that entrained brainwaves, producing relaxation and health benefits, but no one else felt that this technology could evolve. Up until now, that is, because Nike came has come up with the FeelFree headset.

Well, we aren’t going to get our hands on it just yet, since it’s still in concept stage. Anyway, the FeelFree headset is supposed to use bone conduction to play the binaural beats to you without affecting your hearing apparatus. Techdigest explains that wave frequencies have different effects on our brain. Thus, waves above 40Hz will help us solve problems and increase perception, waves between 13 and 40Hz help us concentrate or become aroused, waves between 7 and 13Hz will help us relax or become drowsy, while waves from 4-7Hz are associated with dreams and REM sleep and waves below 4Hz are linked to deep, dreamless sleep.

In this respect, the headset also includes scanners that measure the frequency of your brainwaves. Based on the above wave frequency description, the FeelFree headset includes 4 modes: meditation, focus, learn and sleep. So when you listen to your favorite music, play games or watch movies, you can tune the headset to your brainwaves and get the desired effect.

Nike is currently trying to fit the technology to a design that is similar to present day headphones.