The document discusses the integration of technology into mental health and emotional wellbeing, highlighting advancements in tools for psychological support and behavioral change. It identifies key drivers such as rising healthcare costs, consumer demand for mental health solutions, and progress in neuroscience and technology. The outlook for future developments includes the addition of emotion recognition capabilities to devices, the consolidation of sensor data, and an emphasis on privacy and ethics in psychological data management.

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THE NEXT
HUMAN AGENDA?
LONGEVITY | HAPPINESS| AUGMENTATION

3. Stress & Anxiety Depression
Loneliness Suicide

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HUMAN WELLBEING SPECTRUM
EXPONENTIAL
WELLBEING
Enhanced Mental Capacity
Enhanced Emotional Capacity
Transformative Leadership
Gifts Unlocked Completely
Accelerated Learning
Exponential Human Development
Wisdom & Joy
PNSE
Reduce Loneliness
Reduced Isolation
Increased Happiness
Increase Empathy
Increase Connection
Behavior Change
Daily Stress Management
Normal Anxiety
THE HUMAN CONDITION
Mental Health
Anxiety
Depression
Extreme Stress
HUMAN SUPPORT

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Technology is that force
MENTAL HEALTH | EMOTIONAL WELLBEING | HUMAN PSYCHOLOGICAL THRIVING
Scalable Accessible Affordable
Which takes something scarce ABUNDANT

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1. To support and expand the
mental health and emotional
wellbeing of humans
2. To provide a new mirror, through
data, sensors, and feedback to
better understand ourselves and
others
3. To create new tools to shape our
psychology, positively, and
enhance thriving

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AI
Pattern/Behavior
Recognition
Emotion Recognition
Voice Recognition
Mobile
Mobile Tracking
Sensors
Virtualization of
Hardware
Networks
Social Media
Uber-connection
=
Massive Data Sets
MEDICAL &
NEUROSCIENCE
ADVANCES
DIGITAL MEDICINE
HRV (Heart Rate
Variability)
GSV (Galvanic Skin
Response)
EEG (Brain Wave
Measurement)

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KEY DRIVERS IN 2017
01.
RISING
COSTS
Increasing health care costs move large
institutions, private healthcare providers,
and savvy individuals
towards prevention
02.
CONSUMER
DEMAND
The global upswing in stress, anxiety,
depression and suicide moves
consumers, providers and investors
towards leverageable technologies
03.
TECHNICAL
PROGRESS
Advances in neuroscience, behavioral
psychology and technology continue to
fuel one another, giving greater
actionable insight into the brain
and mind

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• Sensor Tech (Wearables, Hearables, Remote /
Environmental)
• Data Tech (AI, Big Data, Real Time Analytics)
• NeuroTech (EEG, fMRI)
• Neurostim Tech (tXCS, tRNS, DBS, CNS, TUS,
FUS, TMS)
• Biofeedback Tech (EDA, Heart, Temp, Breath)
• Bio Tech (Genetics, Biome)
11 ACTIVE AREAS
OF TRANSFORMATIVE
TECHNOLOGY
• Biostim Tech (Vagus Nerve, Peripheral Nerves)
• Perception Tech (VR, AR)
• Sleep Tech (Monitoring, Improvement)
• Healthy Spaces Tech (Design, Air, Water,
Lighting, Materials)
• App Tech (Gaming, Gamification, Apps, Social,
Behaviour)
Sensors
Neuro-
feedback
Neuro-
simulation
Sleep
Apps
Biotech
Data
Bio-
Feedback
Bio-
Simulation
Perception
Healthy
Spaces

10. $1.6BN
FUNDING
(Source: Crunchbase,
Crowdfunding)

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WELLNESS
WELLBEING
SELF-AWARENESS
MEANING-MAKING
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
“A new use case, a design intention, a
pivot of current and emerging tech
towards our inner growth and
development as humans.”

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Emotion Recognition
Sentient Home =
IOT Data + Mobile Data
+ Behavior Data
For Elder Care
Life Data + Bio Data
For Stress Management
Life Data + Vocal Data + Mobile
Tracking Data
For Depression support
Pattern Recognition

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WoeBot
JoyBot
X2AI
Ava Bot
DEPRESSION / CHALLENGES
INSPIRATION / BEST LIFE
Intelligent Assistance
“Alexa, help me relax”
GateBox
Halogram Girlfriend
SIRI
GOOGLE
AMAZON
The One Who Serves Best, Wins.

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Mood Management/ Positive Psychology
AffirmationCessation Life Tasks Game
Smart Pills TDCs Sound
Mood Management/ Positive Psychology Behavior Change
Focus Emotion Tracking/ HRV Training

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Mood Management/ Positive Psychology
Wearables + Programs All-In-One Trackers
Neural Stimulation Consumer EEG
Mood-altering VR
Subscribe to Happy, Sad,
Focused etc.

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Mood Management/ Positive Psychology
Sleep Healthy / Calming Spaces
Stress Management Haptics
Meditation
Corporate Platforms
Circadian
Lighting
Emotion-Based
Scents Dispersal
Engineered
Soundscapes
Sentient Home
Smart IOT + Calm Programs

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VR/AR Applications

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EQ Radio
• Measuring your heartbeat and breath, CSAIL
device can tell if you’re excited, happy,
angry, or sad.
• EQ-Radio is a new technology that can infer a
person’s emotions using wireless signals.
• It transmits an RF signal and analyzes its
reflections off a person’s body to recognize his
emotional state (happy, sad, etc.).
• The key enabler underlying EQ-Radio is a new
algorithm for extracting the individual
heartbeats from the wireless signal at an
accuracy comparable to on-body ECG
monitors.
Ming Zher Poh
Heartbeat Segmentation IBI Features Feature Selection
ClassificationResp. Features
RF Reflection
Joy
Pleasure
Sadness
Anger
Respiration Signal

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HCI, Neural Upgrades, Brain-to-Brain Communication,
& Cloud-Based Signal Processing for All
Cloud-based EEG and
signal processing platform

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Outlook for 2018
1. Emotion Layer is Added
Acceleration of psychological and emotional
recognition (soon to be married to chatbots
and voice assistants)
2. Programmatic Layer Grows (taking data
from more sensors)
Consolidation of sensors into single everyday
devices with programmatic overlays (i.e.
subscribe to wellbeing, calm, happiness, focus
etc.)
3. More Hardware Disappears into
Background
Continued virtualization on hardware and
migration of sensors into the background (ex:
IOT and automotive cases), makes products
more accessible
4. Interfaces Becoming Simpler and
More Intuitive
Hands free and gesture navigation expanding
the use of AR, VR and Voice allowing for more
integrated-into-life TransTech products
5. Privacy and Ethics Concerns Taken On
Recognition of a need for ethics and privacy
driving an interest in applying blockchain to
non-medical psychological data

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WE CAN SOLVE THE
SOCIAL PROBLEM:
ENGAGEMENT | CONNECTION
FULFILLMENT | CONTRIBUTION
FULL HUMAN POTENTIAL

22. NO MORE NOBLER USE OF
TECHNOLOGY THAN TO
BRING PEACE TO THE
MINDS OF HUMANKIND.
Nichol.Bradford@gmail.com