Wearable launched to help users reduce stress

A new version of a wearable which targets the vagus nerve has been launched in a bid to improve a user’s health and reduce stress.

Sensate is a palm-sized, pebble-like device that sits on the chest and syncs with a free mobile app. It aims to help users improve mental wellbeing and build stress resiliency with a 10-minute daily session.

It is designed to use low-frequency infrasound to regulate the nervous system and tone the vagus nerve which is responsible for calming the body after periods of stress and anxiety. It can relax the “fight, flight, freeze” emergency response, bringing the body back into balance.

The new Infrasound Resonance Engine technology inside Sensate II was built to fast-track relaxation and serve as a shortcut to calm.

Stefan Chmelik, founder of BioSelf Technology and creator of Sensate, said: “Stress and mental health issues are a 21st-century health crisis, with around 300 million people globally suffering from depression and anxiety. Through breath, meditation and music, we have found ways to stimulate feelings of wellbeing, harmony, and belonging. Sensate achieves this reliably, consistently and without training, using technology to recreate these natural chest harmonics, without effort and in 10 minutes a day - like a super-charged power nap.”