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when you think about reaching the state of relaxation you're usually running away from technology not embracing it but Muse is a brain sensing headband that can actually help you reach a state of calm and as little as three minutes per day the way it works is it's based on EEG technology so there are seven sensors total on the headband five on your forehead and then two behind each ear then you place it on your head pair it with your phone via bluetooth and start your focus attention session they call it focus attention but really what we're talking about here is meditation so you start your session and throughout the three to 20 minutes what you want to do is stay focused and relaxed when you hit those points you'll start to hear water flowing but the moment you become distracted you'll hear something that sounds a lot like white noise the more you do it the better you get that's the point of news at the end of each session you'll get an analysis of how you did letting you know when you were distracted and when you were able to stay focused then as you do this over time you'll get those long-term analyses letting you know how you've improved right now those meditation sessions are the only things that the muse can do but there is an open SDK so we can look forward to things like gaming and other applications using the muse headband I had a chance to try out the muse headband and it is pretty cool I tried tricking it but it knew every time I was distracted or thinking about work although after just a three-minute session I was almost able to forget that I was actually at CES but you might find some difficulties finding the perfect placement form use depending on your head shape and size news is already available for purchase for $2.99 and comes in black and whites although you can look forward to more fun colors coming later this year for cnet.com I'm Sharon Profis at CES 2015