Inspiration
The research of this came from a need by USSOCOM to triage soliders on the battle field in astere environments under combat conditions. These same factors were witnessed in the devastating wildfires that have repeatedly engulfed California recently. The chaos of evacuations, the strain on first responders, and the heartbreaking stories of individuals trapped in smoke-filled zones underscored the urgent need for innovative solutions in the fire battle field. Traditional safety measures often fell short amid unpredictable flames and hazardous air quality, leaving vulnerable populations at risk and our rescue teams overwhelmed. This inspired the vision of a device that not only protects users from toxic smoke but also leverages cutting-edge AI to transform personal safety gear into a lifeline.
What it does
The Canary Mask by Deeper Breath is focused on Detection, Protection, and Connection-To be the "Canary in the Coal Mine". It is a Dual Use solution with a mix of firmware, patented hardware and backend technologies. By integrating real-time environmental sensors, GPS tracking, and communication capabilities, the Canary Mask aims to empower individuals to navigate danger zones to safely while providing critical data to first responders, enabling faster, more efficient rescues, while providing continual threat and health awareness to the user. It’s a response to both human vulnerability and systemic gaps—a tool designed to save lives by bridging the divide between chaos, data and coordinated action during nature’s fiercest trials.
The Canary Mask feature sets are:
1) Personalized AI 2) way finding and routing for evac 3) continuous health monitoring 4) Service discovery with Mimik 5) Emergency updates 6) p100 level filtration 7) advanced AI compound and gas detection 8) SPO2, VO2Max, and HR detection
How we built it
A new novel device mock up was created based on existing design IP of Deeper Breath. Rewriting of apps, plugins.
Challenges we ran into
Time: From 3D printing models to standing up the systems for fire proved challenging. Porting for Mimik: The original devices is based on a microcontroller architecture which needed to be ported to full OS solution for Mimik. This required me to rewrite and recreate a prototype from scratch for on a Pi Zero for support. Balanced performance: A balanced solution must factor in si
Accomplishments that we're proud of
3D printed POC with code.
What we learned
This technology can be integrated or licensed in SCBA masks for firefighters masks for chemical exposure and tactical awareness to not only improve the fire combat, rescue, and long term exposure care to safge a live today but even save the quality of life and health later. With an estimated 1.1 million firefighters in the U.S. (NFPA) and global firefighter numbers much higher, replacement demand of these devices could drive 100,000–200,000 annual sales in the U.S., scaling up globally.
The mission to disrupt the $28B dollar Smart PPE market developing. Putting one of these in every go bag, emergency pack, OSHA work place, mining operation, drilling operation and maybe every home across the world.
What's next for Canary First
1) Improve full port to Linux for Mimik support 2)
2) Adding second microphone for dual audio processing 3) LoRa upgrade 4)
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