1. DESMA 9
Art + Science + Technology
Fall 2013
Professor Victoria Vesna
Section C
Title:
The Mood Tracker
By:
Gregory Antognoli

2. ABSTRACT
My final project will combine the human experience,
technology, and the expression of art through science. I will
be explaining the process of my project, and how it will be
beneficial for humans in society to gage their moods and to
understand what makes them happy or sad. The device will
be in the form of a bracelet that you would never know was
calculating your different levels of emotion through the
experiences you go through everyday. The intent of this
proposal is to help people with emotional problems, such as
depression. This helps pinpoint what truly makes a person
feel better emotionally, which allows for better decision
making that will help humans avoid negative experiences.
The new and innovative technique to help better ones
emotional state and understanding of their true happiness is
called “The Mood Tracker!”

3. CONCEPT
This bracelet will help give humans an advanced look into
their emotional state and what their levels of excitement are
during any human experience. The bracelet will be
composed of strong computer chip that will detect your
energy level through sensors built into the bracelet. The
different levels of energy will be computed and a display of
what level emotionally you are it will be processed and given
to you by a certain number, 1-10.
The emotional state of a person has always been a key to
the attitude and well being of ones daily life. By allowing The
Mood Tracker is used to help understand ones emotional
state, it can’t prevent one from experiencing negativity, but
can record when one does experience a negativity allowing
for future reference to try to avoid such experience.

4. CONTEXT
Research has been done to explore the emotional states of
individuals, also known as moods, that are central to the
expression of thoughts, beliefs and opinions, and in turn
influence attitudes and behavior. As social media tools are
increasingly used by individuals to transmission their day-today happenings, or to report on an external event of interest,
understanding the rich ‘landscape’ of moods will help us
better interpret and make sense of the behavior of millions of
individuals. With living in a world where so much is
expressed through technology and daily experience I have
created the idea of The Mood Tracker. Through the use of
this device it will allow for individuals to understand their
emotional state from their actions and to create a new
avenue for people to realize what gives them true happiness
and how they can avoid negativity in their lives.

5. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY PRECEDENTS
Emotion, in its most general definition, is a neural impulse
that moves an organism to action, prompting automatic
reactive behavior that has been adapted through evolution
as a survival mechanism to meet a survival need (Science
Daily). Based on discoveries made through neural mapping
of the limbic system, the neurobiological explanation of
human emotion is that emotion is a pleasant or unpleasant
mental state organized in the limbic system of the
mammalian brain. The Mood Tracker is used to monitor and
describe these emotional states in more simpler terms to
help the emotional problems of individuals.

6. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY PRECEDENTS
The major trend in bracelet technology in the 21st century has
been on the rise. One of the most popular technological
bracelets is the Nike Fuel Band. “NikeFuel is a single,
universal way to measure all kinds of activities from your
morning workout to your big night out. Uniquely designed to
measure whole body movement no matter your age, weight or
gender, NikeFuel tracks your active life” (Nike.com). The Nike
Fuel Band tracks the mileage an individual runs, while the
Mood Tracker keeps track of the energy level you experience
through daily routine.

7. ARTS/HUMANITIES PRECEDENTS
The design of the The Mood Tracker is almost the most
important aspect besides the technology that will be
programmed into it. The functionality of the bracelet and
design most be appealing to society as they don’t want to
wear a boring computer bracelet that is not up to snuff on
societies latest trends. My ideal is to have The Mood Tracker
be aesthetically up to the level of expensive bracelets that
are being sold in Neiman Marcus. People should feel prideful
when wearing this bracelet and understand that this is a
computer bracelet it is also a work of art combining
technology and art into one simple design that you wont be
afraid to wear.

8. ARTS/HUMANITIES PRECEDENTS
Many artists express their emotions through their art-making,
and the finished art will reflect that emotion. When I look
back at the different art we have covered over the last
quarter, two artists I researched popped out to me, and I felt
his art connects with the idea of “The Mood Tracker”. I feel
Picasso with the way he used his colors and hard distinct
lines with his subjects, and Van Gogh who truly displayed so
much emotion in his masterpieces.
A type of art I feel shows a connection to my project is
“Realism.” Realism as art, is an attempt to make art
resemble life. Francisco Goya was true realism artist
because he depicted human life or nature without any
illusion. He captured the true emotion of his subject, and that
is what I want to do with The Mood Tracker, allow people to
understand their true energy and emotional level through an
experience they were in.

9. PROJECT PROPOSAL
The Mood Tracker will first start with creating the software
that will be programmed into the bracelet. The micro chip
that will be placed in the bracelet will be manufactured in the
smallest possible form with the best materials available to
create the most efficient energy level detecting and
calculating. The software will be able to be used for anyone
that wants to understand their. It tracks your activity through
a sport-tested accelerometer that tracks running, walking,
dancing, basketball, and any other daily activity.

10. PROJECT PROPOSAL
The Mood Tracker:
* Comes in three sizes to fit everyone.
* Small (6.)
* Medium (7.8)
* Large (7.76)
* -Built in 3 axis accelerometer
* -Ambient light sensor detects emotional levels to adjust
brightness to surrounding throughout the day.
* -20 Color LED lights from red to green to show energy level
throughout the day and gives you an accurate read on your
emotional level.

11. PROJECT PROPOSAL
The Mood Tracker will be made with rounded edges and
smooth rubber coating giving it the comfortable and actually
looks more like a cool fashion accessory than an emotional
tracking device. The bracelet is controlled via a single button
on front of The Mood Tracker. A single tap brings up a very
retro LED display showing your latest energy levels total
along with a band of red-amber-green that gives you a
simple visual guide to how you're emotional energy is
against your daily routine. The display also has an ambient
light sensor so the brightness automatically adjusts with a
radiant display giving an artistic touch.

12. PROJECT PROPOSAL
The Mood Tracker strives to allow
the functionality of any individual
to wear and use, and one aspect
that puts the bracelet ahead of the
game is it’s battery type and
ability to stay charged. The
battery is one lithium polymer
battery, that can stay charged for
4-5 days of regular use. The
charging of the battery is easy, will
be USB applicable so you can
charge through wall outlet or any
device a USB cable fits into.

13. PROJECT PROPOSAL
A feature that helps keep track of the The Mood Tracker is
it’s software has a sync ability with a program built for a
desktop. The Mood Tracker program is simple and easy to
use. It collects the data from the band and organizes it with
the levels of energy and emotion throughout the day with the
timing of those events. For example, if I woke up and got in
an argument with my father my energy/emotional level would
read a negative level, it would be recorded by the program
as a negative level at whatever time that occurred. The
Mood Tracker is seamlessly easy to integrates into your
daily schedule with syncing times and data collection into it’s
desktop program only taking a few minutes.

14. PROJECT PROPOSAL
The Final product will be will be made of the highest degree
of materials while still holding a certain standard for
environmental safety. The design and engineering that will
go into The Mood Tracker will show in the final product, it will
hit stores at a reasonable rate of $99. 99, it will also come
with the desktop program as well. A 24 hour customer
service hotline will always be available to its users for any
problems they may have. The Mood Tracker is built to better
lives, and with it’s combination of technology, science, and
artistic design it will be an easy sale for the 21st century.

15. CONCLUSION
The main objective of The Mood Tracker is to help
give humans an advanced look into their emotional
state and what their levels of excitement are during
any human experience. This objective will give
humans a better understanding on how to find their
true happiness and avoid the negative experiences in
their life. By being able to see when they are the
happiest and when they are the saddest it gives them
a clear reference for the future. With emotional state
being studied constantly in the 21st century this device
will help us understand what truly is needed for
humans to live happily while also creating a better
world.

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