Personal Physiological Sensor - Q Sensor Wristband

HaA was introduced to Dr. Rosalind Picard and Dr. Reyna L. Kaliouby through the MIT business mentoring program.

At that time our team was very active with MIT and Harvard. After our first meeting with Rosalind, and Dave Berman, HaA listened and understood the importance of their product, with its benefits to support and understand children with autism better. Start to finish the Q Sensor Wristband was a huge success both on a performance side and a financial side.

The Q Sensor Wristband is able to detect and record physiological signs of stress and excitement by measuring slight electrical changes in the skin. The band works by detecting subtle moisture changes under the skin when the "flight or fight" mode is initiated. From there, it can send signals to doctors, parents or caregivers, and those people can react accordingly to information that they would otherwise not be privy to.

Affectiva had the basic technology, though needed help with getting a mechanical engineering assembly completed, including the outer shell, a basic PCB layout and a single tactile button design that was visible and easy to use. Our role in this project was fairly minimal, but it was a product that benefited the world! Affectiva was acquired by Smart Eye (A facial recognition company) in 2016.