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A hood covering that connects to your heartrate via fitbit or Apple watch. If it senses your heartrate becoming irregular it will give you a gentle buzz to give you the option to pull the hood down which will then lead you through a guided meditation with lights in a private space for decompressing.
The pulse of the light is regular and programmed to be matched to your breathing to help regulate your heartrate. The color of the light transitions from yellow (irregular heartrate) to green to turquoise to purple (stable heartrate).
Hood Programming
Warm colors indicate the heartrate is quick and irregular
As heartrate slows colors get cooler
walk-through
Challenge statement
How might we encourage discussion about the full range of human emotion?
Final Design
A hoodie and bracelet/ watch combo that monitors your heart rate and leads you through a lighted guided breathing exercise when it becomes irregular.
ideation
User Profiles
Name: Malachai
Age: 21
Young college student started at community and is now transferring to state for anthropology. Realizing his impact and the impact of this time as he is maturing and is enthused to act. Does help in small ways (recycling, advocating when he can) but wants to do more. Feels limited by the systems set in place (comes from impoverished community) but is as hopeful as he can be and wants positive change. Environmentally conscious and empathetic toward people. Inclusive and passionate but still learning how to engage. Gets in head and sometimes spiral thinks and puts himself on a bad note- anxious tendencies but is trying his best. Does not claim to be a victim. Just started hopping on the astrology trend. Knows his sun sign but does not know what the heck the rest of the chart is about. Is amused by it and likes hearing about it just for fun and not taken seriously.
Tech Pack and Specs
Material Research
Materials being used
Connection to Grey Matter
OUR SERVICES
A project under the Grey Matter concept
A hood covering that connects to your heartrate via fitbit or Apple watch. If it senses your heartrate becoming irregular it will give you a gentle buzz to give you the option to pull the hood down which will then lead you through a guided meditation with lights in a private space for decompressing.
The pulse of the light is regular and programmed to be matched to your breathing to help regulate your heartrate. The color of the light transitions from yellow (irregular heartrate) to green to turquoise to purple (stable heartrate).