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Hippies Need High-Tech Love Too - The Aura (GALLERY)
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Frog design mind introduces Aura, a future health concept that combines traditional healing and cutting-edge technology. It monitors a patient’s health, provides alternative treatment, and displays visual signals and warnings. Therapeutic elements like light, sound, and aroma are fused with high-tech diagnostics within the device, “focusing the mind while examining the body to promote a holistic model of individual health.”
Their official description illustrates it best, I wouldn’t know how to if I tried…
First thing in the morning, the user pauses to look into the central component of the Aura, a vessel reminiscent of a Tibetan singing bowl. A camera detects his face; motion-capture systems recognize his expression; and software scans the general color of his skin, his eyeballs, the contraction of the pupils, and the reflectivity of the face. He is prompted to repeat a certain word or hum a particular tune - and as the volume and dynamics of his voice are detected and analyzed for mood, microscopic drops of saliva are captured and examined for bacteria, salinity, and other health indicators.
He then takes the second object in his hands: a semi-soft, sculptural form that gives off gently pulsing lights, colors, sounds, and vibrations as it is touched, encouraging manipulation. The user never needs to be taught what to do with the object, but can interact with it on his own terms. While his skin is in contact with the device, different wavelengths of light and sound pass through his skin: infrared light measures blood flow, ultrasonic rays scan the resistance of his skin tissue, others capture the sound and speed of his heartbeat, the firmness of his grip.
(Frog design mindhttp)
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Read More: Frog design mindhttp Via: gizmodo
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