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Sensor100
July 2015
The LastWord
Doppel: the new wristband that can regulate your
mood
Doppel is a wristband that regulates your mood. It looks like a
wristwatch.When you’re feeling stressed, you stroke it in an arc-like
movement and it will pulsate slowly to calm you down; if you’re feel-
ing tired, squeeze it and it’ll pulsate quickly to improve your focus.The
technology is rooted in theories about biorhythms.Your body thinks
the pulse it feels is yours, and speeds up or slows down in order to
remain in synch.
Doppel has been awarded the Deutsche Bank Award for Creative
Enterprise and been selected for funding by Innovate UK and ac-
celerator programme FI-C3. Its creators,TeamTurquoise — which is
mechanical engineer Jack Hooper and three other technicians who all
met at Imperial College and are based in Bermondsey.
Source:
London Evening Standard ,16 July 2015