By now, you may already know that Deepinder Goyal is preparing to launch a new wearable device called Temple. Goyal has been spotted wearing the device several times, but it gained significant attention after he wore it during a podcast earlier this year. Since then, many users have been curious about the wearable and eager to try it. A few months ago, Goyal also made Temple available to a select group of users. Now, we finally have a clearer idea of when Temple will launch commercially. Goyal plans to launch the Temple device within the next six months to a year. The bean-shaped wearable is placed on the side of the forehead, near the temple. This is also where the device gets its name.
“We will launch it as a wellness device with peer-reviewed studies and everything,” Goyal told Bloomberg. He added that the device could launch in six months to a year.
As for the pricing, Deepinder Goyal’s Temple wearable is expected to cost around $1,000, around Rs 96,000. The wearable is aimed at athletes, executives, founders and other high-performing users.
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“I’m not building Temple for everybody. Actually, I’m building it only for myself,” Goyal said. “Business is a side effect of what we’re doing for ourselves.”
Temple started as Goyal’s personal science experiment. He initially wanted to understand blood flow in the brain. During the project, his team discovered a new biomarker that Goyal calls “entropy.”
According to Goyal, this metric is linked to the body’s metabolic rate. It can provide information about changes in the body during stress, meditation, sleep, recovery and exercise. However, the science behind the technology has not yet been validated by independent scientists.
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Temple will enter a wearable market already filled with smartwatches and smart rings. These devices can track heart rate, sleep, fitness and recovery. However, Goyal claims Temple takes a different approach.
He says most existing wearables use heart rate as an indirect way to understand the body’s metabolic activity. On the other hand, Temple is claimed to directly measure metabolic rate.
“Heart rate was supposed to be the proxy for metabolic rate. We found the real thing,” Goyal said. The device has not yet received medical regulatory approval.