ECE.06R – HexaTrack

• Omar Amer
• Daniel Cruz
• Razi Ghauri
• Jay Rami
• Sebastian Tylka

As the usage of smartphones increases, people tend to spend numerous hours browsing various online content, such as social media, news, and online stores. This frequent and prolonged use of mobile phones can lead to adverse effects on an individual’s physical and mental health. While there are devices available that monitor a consumer’s health, their usage often requires the formation of new habits that many users struggle with. To address this issue, we propose designing a phone compartment that can measure multiple vital signs, including heart rate, blood oxygen level, body temperature, and skin conductance. This would allow for monitoring of a user’s stress levels without the need for them to form new habits. If the vital signs change to abnormal levels due to excessive phone usage, the user will receive a notification to make an educated decision on whether to change or reduce their phone activity. Our device comes with a phone application that displays the user’s vital signs and stress levels. It also includes a stress meter that uses a stress detection algorithm to predict the user’s stress based on their heart rate, skin conductance, and skin temperature. The stress meter displays a percentage, and four different emoji faces that express the user’s stress level, ranging from a happy face indicating the least stress to a sad face indicating the most stress. The user’s vital signs and stress levels for the day are stored on their phone, allowing them to compare their values with the previous day. The device has an average error of +/-1 bpm for heart rate and +/-2 percent for oxygen saturation, using a commercial pulse oximeter as a reference level.