dutch outfit alphabeats monitors your stress levels as you use it and it rewards users for chilling out and punishes them if they don't. by utilising your phone's accelerometer and gps centres it measures your breathing, subtly changing the sound of your favourite tracks along the way. the brain is always searching for the most optimal sound, so in order to get there it will just try to find solutions to get to a better music experience, and we reward the search for the best music. alphabeats can also take live data from your smartwatch and using ai eventually produce personalised playlists. meanwhile sona is now seeking approvalfrom the us food and drug administration, joining the gruelling music prescription sector, promising better health and a potential replacement to costly pills. we've just gone through one of the most traumatic experiences in human history,