Biosensing (by EDA) Stress Management Technology
A unique solution for measuring stress
Through awareness and coaching, Biosensing (by EDA) helps the users to improve their lifestyle. It provides actionable insights that allow users to manage their emotional and physical stress so they can perform in the optimal cognitive zone in their daily activities.
Philips has found a unique method to calculate the cortisol release because of emotional and physical stress by measuring changes in skin conductance. Cortisol is the most accurate measure of stress but it can only be measured via blood or saliva samples. Through these cortisol calculations, Philips is able to determine easy to understand the CognitiveZone of the user. The current stress situation is displayed in the StressLevel score.
Biosensing (by EDA) Stress Management Technology
A unique solution for measuring stress
Philips has developed a novel technology that provides insights into a person’s daily stress level, in a way that is easy to understand. Biosensing (by EDA) helps consumers achieve and maintain a better and balanced lifestyle by providing insight in stress levels and cognitive functioning of the brain. It can predict cognitive zone changes up to an hour ahead, and advises the user in plain language on appropriate actions.
Through awareness and coaching, Biosensing (by EDA) helps the users to improve their lifestyle. It provides actionable insights that allow users to manage their emotional and physical stress so they can perform in the optimal cognitive zone in their daily activities.
Philips has found a unique method to calculate the cortisol release because of emotional and physical stress by measuring changes in skin conductance. Cortisol is the most accurate measure of stress but it can only be measured via blood or saliva samples. Through these cortisol calculations, Philips is able to determine easy to understand the CognitiveZone of the user. The current stress situation is displayed in the StressLevel score.
Through awareness and coaching, Biosensing (by EDA) helps the users to improve their lifestyle. It provides actionable insights that allow users to manage their emotional and physical stress so they can perform in the optimal cognitive zone in their daily activities.
Philips has found a unique method to calculate the cortisol release because of emotional and physical stress by measuring changes in skin conductance. Cortisol is the most accurate measure of stress but it can only be measured via blood or saliva samples. Through these cortisol calculations, Philips is able to determine easy to understand the CognitiveZone of the user. The current stress situation is displayed in the StressLevel score.
Biosensing (by EDA) delivers
Philips Biosensing (by EDA) technology provides a unique method for determining StressLevel and the CognitiveZone, by providing:
Measurements
Cortisol helps combat stress and has a wide range of effects on the body including increased blood pressure and glucose production, vigilance, and improved emotional memory. However, high cortisol levels may negatively affect cognitive performance such as contemplation, strategic thinking and memory function. While low levels are thought to increase fatigue by making tasks appear tougher, limiting endurance of sustained physical and mental activities.
Cortisol is typically measured using saliva swabs, not something that you can constantly do to monitor cortisol levels. However, in testing we found that there is a correlation between skin conductance and the stress induced cortisol. Biosensing (by EDA) utilizes this correlation and applies a unique algorithm to calculate cortisol level changes. This provides a very accurate measurement of stress levels.
Benefits
Biosensing (by EDA) allows you to offer a short term stress monitoring solution that is robust, accurate and delivers meaningful results.
Robustness: Micro climate
Accuracy: Affordable sensor design with high resolution
Meaningful: Actionable results
Concepts
With the aid of consumers, we have initially developed a concept based on Biosensing (by EDA): CognitiveZone. More concepts can be added – you can also develop your own.
With the aid of consumers, we have initially developed a concept based on Biosensing (by EDA): CognitiveZone. More concepts can be added – you can also develop your own.
CognitiveZone – improve your emotional state
By remaining in a zone of optimal emotional stimulation, you can avoid both drowsiness and too much stress. This is the objective of CognitiveZone. It helps the user be aware of their emotional state. In the illustration below, the green zone represents the area of emotional fitness, essential for healthy lifestyle and optimal cognitive performance. A predictive algorithm signals possible swings into yellow or red zones, with coaching advice given to help the user stay in the zone.
Offering
A license to use our Biosensing (by EDA) solutions package gives you all you need to offer personal relevant coaching strategies for stress management. The licence includes:
Other potential applications
A separate license can be obtained for a rules-based coaching module and coaching strategies that makes use of the specific outputs of EmoState and SleepReady.
By helping consumers achieve and maintain better emotional fitness, Biosensing (by EDA) adds value to your wearable. The low-power and cost-effective hardware design makes it perfect for wearables and 24-hour monitoring. You are free to add more concepts to the EmoState and SleepReady concepts already provided.
