Overview
- Temple opened global pre-orders on Sunday, November 1, with the Indian booking window starting at 9:30pm IST and purchases accepted through temple.com and the Temple app.
- Minutes after launch a surge of traffic briefly knocked the company website offline, the founder acknowledged the outage and said app orders continued to process while the site was restored.
- The device is a small, pill-shaped wearable that sticks to the side of the head and uses optical BrainFlow sensors to track changes in cerebral blood flow and related signals, producing an 'Entropy' score meant to indicate physiological strain.
- Temple is listed at Rs 85,000 in India, will be made to order with a limited first batch, allows refunds up to the point of shipment, and carries delivery estimates of up to three months.
- Users attach Temple with disposable adhesive 'Grips' that the company says can last several days, the device is marketed for use during exercise and showering, and the company positions it for wellness and research rather than medical diagnosis.