I love finding great Kickstarter and IndieGoGo campaigns to support, and this is one right up my alley. I have always been into smart technology and recently have been researching fitness bands. Then I stumbled across the Olive campaign on IndieGoGo which is a band that targets stress and helps you conquer it. Stress is something I don’t cope particularly well with, so reading the story and seeing how well thought out the product will be showed me it was something worthwhile to invest in.
The details:
Olive sits comfortably and discreetly on your wrist and monitors stress-related data in the background. Olive:
- Tracks physical indicators of stress based on changes in heart rate, reactions in your skin, and trends in skin temperature
- Analyzes habits that contribute to stress like your physical activity, sleep, and exposure to light
- Talks with your smartphone to understand your lifestyle through your calendar, your location, and other available data
All of this information is meticulously stitched together with powerful algorithms to paint a more complete picture of your stress than has been possible, until now.
Olive measures:
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Heart rate and heart rate variability to better understand our body’s stress response through changes in the cardiovascular system. |
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Skin conductance which indicates our body’s level of excitement. When we have emotional reactions, Olive can detect this in our skin. |
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Ambient light because exposure to light affects our sleep and body’s natural rhythms, which in turn change the way we respond to stress. |
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Motion to analyze overall muscle tension. When we are stressed and our body enters a fight-or-flight state, our muscles tense up. |
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Skin temperature which can change when stress affects blood flow to our extremities. |
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Stylish enough for me, featuring some amazing technology, what’s not to love? Have a look at the perks and read up on the campaign for yourselves. Will you be investing?
