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The Muse headband by InteraXon monitors the electrical activity of your brain, and pairs with an app to help you focus better, improve cognitive function and settle your mind. EEG sensors allow Muse to detect and measure your brain activity; the info is sent to your smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth. Paired with Calm, a free app (available on iOS, OS X and Android) which guides the user through a simplified form of mindfulness meditation, Pavlok's guided sessions are designed to train your brain to manage stress and calm your mind. With instant audio feedback of either a storm or chirping birds indicating your state of relaxation, you'll learn to improve focus. Muse graphs your data, indicating how you did by telling you how long you were "calm" (your mind was focused on the exercise), "active" (your mind wandered) or "neutral" (somewhere in the middle).

One of the most critical concern is the sensitivity of the gadget. As EEG is measured in microvolts compared to the thousand times more millivolts of ECG, muscle noise can obscure the tracing. Thus, the company helps users how to improve the receptiveness of the sensors: the wearer should remove any make-up and should take care of how to put on the headband, the pads of the sensors should be made wet carefully, or they don’t recommend blinking or chewing on a gum – as they all could worsen the signal.

However, if you can make sure that the Muse receives the brainwaves appropriately, you will get real-time feedback with the help of its app whether or not your mind is too active. In case you have an army of thoughts crossing each other in your brain, the headband will give you advice on how to clear your thoughts.

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Branded as a "personal coach for your wrist", the Pavlok wristband uses mild shock therapy to discourage any bad habits. The idea is that over time your brain will form a connection between the action and punishment that you won't need the shock. It is equipped with a Bluetooth radio linked to a smartphone app that monitors your actions. It is also monitored by a GPS tracker and a Chrome browser add-on that tracks websites you want to refrain from clicking on.

Program the bracelet to change a variety of habits; if you don't complete your goal, you get a shock (up to 300 volts). On the other hand, if you do something good, like waking up early as planned or completing an assignment then a financial reward awaits or friends will be notified of this accomplishment.

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Lovers of the selfie rejoice! GoCam is a new app that uses touchless technology to let snap selfies. Developed by Swedish tech start-up Crunchfish, the iOS app lets users trigger photos or videos from a distance of up to 10 feet with simple gestures to control your smartphone camera. They can be edited with the included high quality filters and editing tools, and shared on social networks. So no more rushing into your best pose, take your time and trigger the shot when ready!

This unique app has been appropriately named GoCam for iOS devices.  By using gestures to control your camera, the app provides an amazing camera for taking selfies and groupies without touching your phone screen. Now the user doesn't need to rush into her favourite pose or hold it for long time intervals just to get that perfect click. With GoCam, you just have to set your phone and click a photograph whenever you are ready with the app intelligent detect your gesture and click the photo.

The company boosts that GoCam is the very first touchless camera application in the market with video recording, which allows the user to record videos touchless. The app lets the user capture spontaneous moments and then make the photos personal with filters and editing tools before sharing it with friends and family.

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Log into Facebook. On the homepage click on the small lock icon on the upper right side. It will drop a settings menu. Click on 'See More Settings'. This will take you to a new page of settings. On the left sidebar, click on 'Blocking' to reach the 'Manage Blocking' page. Look for 'Block app invites' to block requests from a friend. To block requests from all friends for the given app, look for 'Block apps'. For either of the options, start searching for a friend or an app in the respective boxes. Once you find them, click to add to the blocked list. That's it. No more annoying game invitations.

Facebook has a page dedicated to letting you manage how apps interact with your account. It shows all of the apps you've used Facebook to log into, so it's worth reviewing while you're managing blocking on your account.

Head to Settings > Apps and Websites on Facebook to access this. You'll see three boxes under Preferences, which we'll discuss in a moment.

Also on the Apps and Websites page, you'll see a second box titled Game and App Notifications. Click Edit, then Turn Off to hide all notifications from games and apps.

If you don't care about any content from these apps or don't want to block them individually using the above controls, this is a handy way to stop all notifications in one sweep. It doesn't affect the games themselves, so you can continue to play them.

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