Co-Founder: InteraXon

Advisor: Biomedical Zone

Advisor: Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Industry Advisor: Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Innovation Advisor:  Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)

Memory rescue and enhanced neurogenesis following electrical stimulation of the anterior thalamus in rats treated with corticosterone

At Muse®, we live at the heart of personal transformation through human-centred technology. We are a team of engineers, scientists, artists, marketers and developers with the mission to enable people to live a happier, healthier and more connected life with leading brainwave technologies and experiences.

In 2014, we launched Muse® the brain sensing headband, the first widely available consumer tool to provide users with real-time feedback on their meditation state using auditory cues. Since then, the company has sold more portable EEG devices than any other system in history.

With company growth also came hundreds of thousands of Muse® users, millions of meditation sessions completed to date, hundreds of third-party published research papers that feature Muse®, and the acquisition of Colorado-based company, Meditation Studio, whose assets include more than 400 guided meditations and courses from leading meditation teachers.

Following these milestones, we set out to create the next generation in EEG technology —
a revolutionary product with the ability to make the intangible inner world of meditators... tangible. The result is Muse® 2: a completely new product and experience in the world of meditation and neurotechnology.

Muse® 2 is a personal meditation assistant that takes the guesswork out of meditation. We’ve introduced a whole new range of real-time feedback on a user’s meditation practice, including body movement, heart rate, breath and mental activity. This feedback guides users’ total meditation experience, giving them a holistic view of their practice and helping them improve.

Welcome to the world of Muse®, where we make the intangible...tangible.


Muse

Ariel Garten: neuroscientist, innovator, and entrepreneur whose driving purpose is to empower and help others understand how their brain works in order to overcome mental obstacles in order to live healthy, happy lives.

Ariel’s unique background has taken her from working in neuroscience research labs, to owning a fashion design label, to being the female founder and CEO of a silicon valley backed brain computer interface tech start-up, InteraXon, the technology that sparked the creation of Muse. 

Muse, the brain sensing headband is the award-winning wearable technology that assists and trains meditation, that is used by hundreds of thousands of people, including Mayo Clinic and NASA, to track the brain and teach meditation.

Ariel’s invited to share her unique and empowering insights keynoting on stages across the world speaking about happiness, meditation, how the brain works, neuroscience, empowering women in business, or telling her own innovation story. Ariel is consistently giving her audiences the tools they need to help them become their best selves. 
Ariel is also a frequent guest on podcasts and co-hosts the Untangle podcast, where she guides audiences on how an understanding of your brain and how it works can help improve your life.

SPEAKING EXPERIENCE
Dozens of keynotes, including Le Web Paris (keynote 4 times), CES (Keynote 4x), Ted.com, etc, World Economic Forum, etc.

MEDIA APPEARANCES
Over 1000 articles on Ariel and Muse, including CNN (3x), WSJ (3x), Forbes (2x), NYT, BBC, etc etc.

Neuroscience of Meditation

Brain Computer Interface

Start Up

Mindfulness

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)

Wearable computing

Mind / Body Relationship

Wellness

Mental Health

Psychotherapy

Neuroscience

Leadership

Meditation

Women in Business

Brain

Hardware

Wearable Devices

Brain Health

Mompreneurs

Design

Human Computer Interaction (Hci)

Ariel Garten's Website

Muse Website

Untangle Podcast (150+ Episodes)

Can this brain-sensing headband give you serenity?

The High-Tech Headband That Can Make Your Stressed Brain Happy Again

A Beautiful Mind: Can Ariel Garten's Brain Wave Interface Improve Your Outlook On Life?

Meet The Woman Who Combined Neuroscience Tech And Mindfulness

Mind-controlled computing: Look, Ma, no hands

You need to see it to be it: Women in Tech helping women in tech

Muse meditation device melds science and style for Toronto co-creator

Can Toronto-based InterAxon's brain-sensing headband Muse help people relax?

What If Your Mind Can Be Read?

Keynote: Introduction to Muse Headset

Thought Controlled Computing is Here

Keynote: The Secret Number is 49

Ariel Garten: Know thyself, with a brain scanner

Use Your Mind to Pour a Beer

Keynote: Thought Controlled Computing

21st Century Neurotech: All Synapses are Firing

The Future of Neuroscience

Brain–Computer Interface: Present and Future

Systems and methods for collecting, analyzing, and sharing bio-signal and non-bio-signal data

System and method for enhanced training using a virtual reality environment and bio-signal data

Wearable computing apparatus and method

System and method for enhancing content using brain-state data

Adaptive brain training computer system and method

Ariel had a rather impossible dream – to control computers with your mind. Hear her story and glean lessons from her work in bringing this unparalleled product to life. From a tiny sci-fi startup with an impossible dream to a commercial success with a trailblazing piece of wearable technology available in North America’s largest electronics retailer.

Doing the Impossible - One Entrepreneur's Journey

Leveraging her work in neuroscience and psychotherapy, Ariel helps people understand what blocks them from achieving their greatest success and offers the practical tools for overcoming those blockers and unleashing opportunity.

Using Your Mind to Achieve Greatly

Denise Restauri

Forbes Media

Dean Ornish M.D.

Renowned Author

Founder and Chief Evangelist Officer

Le Web Portugal Keynote: The Secret Number is 49

http://www.ted.com Imagine playing a video game controlled by your mind. Now imagine that game also teaches you about your own patterns of stress, relaxation and focus. At TEDxToronto Ariel Garten shows how looking at our own brain activity gives new meaning to the ancient dictum "know thyself."

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate

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TEDxToronto: Ariel Garten - Know Thyself, with a Brain Scanner

Ariel Garten, the co-founder of Muse: the brain sensing headband, takes viewers through a detailed Muse demonstration.

Muse with co-founder Ariel Garten

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