Now, a device that tracks your emotional and physical health

Imagine a device that can obtain information about your physical and emotional health by a simple touch.

An Indian scientist has brought this imagination to reality. Srinivasan Murali, co-founder and CEO of the Switzerland-based SmartCardia introduces ‘The Inner You (INYU)’ a wearable device capable of tracking the status of the heart and your overall physical and emotional health. The device, from SmartCardia technology is based on several years of research from the Embedded Systems Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) here, Murali said.


The device would be priced at around Rs 9,000, to make it affordable for people to monitor their health affordable. Explaining the working of the device, Murali said INYU obtains key physiological signals from the body like ECG, breathing, skin conductance and physical activity by a simple touch that give a complete picture of the body-mind health.

How does it work?
According to Murali, the device sends signals in real-time to smartphone and other smart objects through Bluetooth 4.0. ‘Mobile and computer games can become immersive. Imagine a user having to hold his breath when jumping into the water on the screen. Games can also be personalised for the user,’ he said.

The device signals can also control smart lights, music and other smart objects. The breathing or emotion state can be used control the colour or intensity of lights or the music can change according to physical activity or mood, he said. ‘The user can see the signals immediately on his or her mobile phone. It can also be used for managing a healthy lifestyle, as it tracks the emotional and physical health aspects, such as the stress level, body fat and physical activity,’ Murali said.

‘I hope the device will be highly beneficial for India. It can be used to track Electrocardiogram (ECG), breathing and key vital signs of users, so that they can get timely feedback from the doctor,’ he said.

The combination of the biological signals is used to infer the overall physical and emotional state of the user. ‘For example, the variation in time intervals between heartbeats is related to the stress level. The conductivity of the skin, reflecting the amount of sweat-induced moisture on the skin ? is determined by the emotional intensity, while breathing is a good indicator of the activity of the autonomic nervous system,’ Murali said.

By combining these indicators, he said the stress level, concentration level and mood are inferred by advanced machine learning algorithms on the device. ‘This allows managing stress and quantifying yoga and meditation techniques. New breathing games can be implemented as well,’ he said.

Here are tips to prevent heart disease
1. Get regular medical check-ups done to make sure you are not suffering from asymptomatic high blood pressure, abnormal lipid profile or pre-diabetic condition. If you are, meet an expert and take steps to control the condition – it will require a multidisciplinary approach with special attention to dietary changes.

2. Make a conscious effort to add fibre to your diet. Eat green leafy vegetables, salads, fruits, and cereals like oats. Five servings of fruits and vegetables per day play a preventive role.

3. Keep a check on your weight and fat percentage. Maintaining a healthy weight and controlled fat percentage goes a long way in keeping heart diseases at bay.

 THIS IS ONLY FOR INFORMATION, ALWAYS CONSULT YOU PHYSICIAN BEFORE HAVING ANY PARTICULAR FOOD/ MEDICATION/EXERCISE/OTHER REMEDIES.








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