Design student awarded for sleep mask

Young woman holding a sleep mask — Wicky Qin, a KTH student and product designer, has worked with an international team to produce a sleep mask to improve sleep. The product has three modules: Neural Signal Detection, Bone Conduction and Light Stimulation, which are combined to improve the user's sleep quality. Now, the BEKVÄM sleep mask has been named this year's national winner of the James Dyson Award.

Published Nov 04, 2024

Wicky Qin, student at the Design and Product Development programme, you have designed a sleeping mask that may improve the quality of sleep by connecting brain signals with light and sound functions. Now the product has been named this year's national winner of the prestigious James Dyson Award!

“I'm delighted that the development team and I have the opportunity to take a big step in the development of our sleep mask that can help people with sleep disorders. The technology is developed by our start-up company NeuralEcho, which consists of me and three other KTH students and PhD students from Sweden, China and Japan.”

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Wicky Qin, a KTH student and product designer, has worked with an international team to produce a sleep mask to improve sleep. The product has three modules: Neural Signal Detection, Bone Conduction and Light Stimulation, which are combined to improve the user's sleep quality. Now, the BEKVÄM sleep mask has been named this year's national winner of the James Dyson Award.