What is being used now to eke out more performance for athletes will soon be tested by the UK Special Forces.  According to Forces.tv, the news organisation that is focused on all things related to the British Armed Forces, the SAS and the SBS will be trying on the headsets made by Halo Neuroscience to enhance their performance whilst training.

A relatively young company, Halo Neuroscience was established in 2013 by doctors and scientists who developed technology to treat epilepsy. That product that is now in use by athletes, called the Halo Sport Headset, does neuropriming by sending out energy pulses to the brain, increasing the responsiveness of the motor neurons that during workout there will be gains in performance.

Some of the known users of the Halo Sports are the  Invictus CrossFit , the United States Ski & Snowboard Association, and Michael Johnson Performance. Even the Pentagon’s new innovation unit will also be testing out the headset for special forces troops to see if the technology will make them become better fights in a news report by Military.com.

Halo Neuroscience claims that a neurotechnology developed by the U.S. military that is similar to the Halo Sports, was tested and there was 50% training acceleration among pilots and snipers. That looks like a compelling reason for military organisations to look into neuropriming with the Halo Sport Headset to enhance the combat skills of their soldiers.

The Halo Sport Headset is not a mind enhancing contraption made by evil scientists seen in movies, but it looks like more a Beats Headset, which will make it look trendier rather than something that mere mortals cannot access. One can pre-order the headset from their website for US$649 in a limited public release.

The objective of the SAS and SBS when they will test out the Halo Sport Headset is to find out they can stay alert and strong during long missions in a hostile environment. Even a small increase in performance is actually significant enough, just like in sports wherein athletes will invest in a technology that will given them advantages measured in microseconds.