In a video from Reuters, San Francisco startup EMotiv and SAP are teaming up on a headset that tracks and projects a user's brain activity to increase employee productivity. EMotiv's technology, used to diagnose sleep disorders and epilepsy, will employ a built-in algorithm to collect data on the state of mind and track the brain's ebb-and-flow between focus and distraction. With employee consent, the anonymously collected data, which is compiled in bunches to further protect user privacy, will be used to improve productivity and mind wellness within the workplace.
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