Want to regulate stress?- Faghih’s smartwatch is here for your rescue
- ByStartupStory | September 29, 2021
Stress is a worldwide issue that can result in catastrophic health and financial complications. Rose Faghih, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has developed a smartwatch that seeks sweat, the kind that beads on your upper lip when you’re nervous – skin conductance response (SCR) as the change in sweat activity is scientifically called. It is through that measure that Faghih is reporting the ability to monitor stress and even help lower it.
“This study is one of the very first steps toward the ultimate goal of monitoring brain responses using wearable devices and closing the loop to keep a person’s stress state within a pleasant range,” reports Faghih. To collect and study these physiological signals of stress, Faghih’s research team has built a new closed-loop technology by placing two electrodes on smartwatch-type wearables. Once the signal for stress is detected, a reminder is sent through the smartwatch, for example, to listen to relaxing music to calm down. Thus, the loop is closed as the detected stress launches the subtle suggestion.
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