I tried to become a darts pro using Halo’s new brain-zapping headphones

‘Gain skill, strength and endurance, faster.’ That’s the promise of Halo Sport 2 , the second-generation, neuroscience-based brain stimulating headset that claims it can help you master skill-based challenges like playing the piano, quicker. Halo works by sending signals to the part of the brain that controls movement, putting that area into a state of hyper learning. But does it really work? I turned guinea pig to find out. Essential reading : Neuroscience wearables explained When it launched back in 2017, I was among the first to test the first generation of Halo Sport and it’s fair to say we had mixed results. So when the Halo team announced an improved version of its technology, I was keen to give it another go. This time, however, rather than testing Halo’s brain-hacking headphones in a fitness training environment to see if it could make me a better athlete, I decided to explore whether this brain trainer could help with a very specific skills challenge – I wanted to know if Halo could make me better at darts. That’s right, pub darts. Arrows. Not because I liked the idea of spending loads of time in the local pub, rather I wanted to test Halo’s ability to help me improve at an activity that requires fine motor skills, precision and good muscle memory. So we devised the Halo Sport 2 Darts Test. The Halo darts test The first thing we need to be clear about here is that the protocol that follows was created with advice from the Halo team in a bid to make the test as fair as possible but this is not a truly rigorous scientific test. I planned to throw sets of 100 darts, aiming to top score with each dart, that’s to say shooting for the Treble […]

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