Inspiration
We are techies in our 30s and have demanding and stressful jobs. We have been dabbling with meditation to relax and purchased subscription for the popular apps. However, most current apps in the market aren't personalized to our needs and journey. They play the same similar music and tend to get repetitive over time. We wanted to build something that is personalized to us and makes meditation easy.
What it does
Beads is a personalized meditation coach that enhances your meditation experience by tracking your breathing in real time using your phone's camera. It follows your progress through your session and your journey and customizes the guidance accordingly. It also allows you to build a wellness quotient based on breathing rhythms just like Fitbit does for steps & fitness.
How we built it
TensorFlow, Python and Red Bull
Challenges we ran into
Detecting breathing is more challenging than we thought especially given the different noise sources that disrupt the measurements.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were able to build a real-time breathing tracking which creates a visually enhanced meditation experience that responds to you and makes it easy to focus.
What we learned
That we only need 3 hours of sleep.
What's next for Beads
YC. What else? ;)
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