MOODBAND: A Wearable That Detects Children’s Emotions

With the ton of experience we have as adults, we still struggle with properly navigating and expressing our emotions and in some cases when we involve professionals(therapists and counsellors) to help us navigate these emotions. If navigating our emotions can be this difficult for us, guess the ones it is most problematic for?

Kids….

How do children explain to you that something has affected their emotions when they probably don't know what emotions are. This is where MOODBAND comes in.

Moodband is an emotion detecting smart watch for kids that is designed to translate simple biometric signals of a child to mood indication.

HOW DOES THIS TECHNOLOGY WORK?

Moodband reads the body’s natural signals to detect shifts in emotional state. It uses multiple sensor mechanisms to monitor parameters such as temperature, skin conductance, movement and heart rate variability and these signals are transmitted to an Artificial Intelligence driven emotion engine that classifies emotional state into; happy, sad, curious, anxious and excited.

These transmissions are displayed on the watch using emojis/colors, a manner that is easily understood at first glance.

Mood Emoji Color

Happy 😊 😀 🟢 Green
Sad 😢 😔 🔴 Red
Curious 🤔 🧐 🟡 Yellow
Anxious 😟 😰 ⚫ Black
Excited 🤩 🎉 🟠 Orange

For parents/guardians, there’s a companion mobile app. It stores the child's mood data securely, offering trend reports like “most stressful time of day” or “happiest during outdoor play.” The data is secure and passwords can be set in the app ensuring complete privacy and protection.

DESIGN AND SAFETY

Since the device is for children, design choices were carefully curated with care:

Soft silicone strap, hypoallergenic and comfortable.

The strap is adjustable to get the perfect size of the child's hand to avoid rashes and pain.

The overall weight is 30 g which creates good comfort and light feeling which is necessary so that the child doesn't remove it every now and then because of its weight.

THE BIG PICTURE

Moodband will lead to attainment of intimate parenting and better child management. Child counselling will be more effective and precise. More advanced models of moodbands will be introduced gradually.