For power source, I used a 3.7V/1100mAh Li-ion battery. I hot glued them on top of an old ring I sourced from my mother`s discarded collection(Don`t tell her). I soldered everything directly for a small form factor and reliable connections. With one set, I made necessary connections on the I2C line of the NRF master, connecting the oximeter and the MPU9250. I used the MPU9250 with temperature sensor. The acelerometers were readilly available at a local store. I had an Arduino MKR1010 Wifi from a previous project lying around. Further, the Sp02 readings are logged and stored in a local database that is periodically analysed and inferences drawn are published onto the cloud for the patient`s doctors to study and suggest course of further medication. If the woman feels dizzy, the fall sensor module logs the event and immediately informs near ones by sending MQTT messages over the cloud. almost 90% of menopausal women consider this as the most irritable symptom of menopause.Īs soon as this condition is detected by analysing the sensor data using stock DSP algorithms on the microcontroller, a cooling module fitted to the back of the neck of the patient is activated to provide a cooling sensation and thus remove the source of irritation. A hot flash is a sudden rise in the amount of blood flowing to the extremities of the body which creates and uneasy feeling. The patient`s blood pressure and heart rate are logged to determine whether the patient is currently experiencing a hot flash or not. The device is based around the APPD4100Z pulse meter sensor frontend interfaced over SPI to an Arduino MKR1010 Wifi dev board connected to the Arduino IoT Cloud. The user`s progress is monitored and important notifications are issued in pseudo-scientific manner through a connected mobile application and cloud facility. It logs important biophysical parameters to implement augmented reality techniques to deliver valuable, anonymous and timely advice to the user. MenoPLAY tries to overcome all this by targeting many symptoms like hot flashes, osteoporosis, mood swings, incontinence, sexual discomfort, skipped periods and hormonal imbalance.
Hardware complemented with insightful software The underlying philosophy was to take all the good features in the products available in this market and design something that is.
Enough of the chartbuster stuff(I know I am bad at marketing).
MenoPlay is a revolutionary wearable technology that combines the power of sensors, Augmented Reality(AR) and data analysis to ensure that menopause isn`t a pause. Recent studies show that many of the symptoms are undetected as menopausal symptoms and a majority of women are unwilling to disclose their symptoms even to personal physicians and this makes the situation worse.
It may also be defined by a natural decline in reproductive hormone production by the ovaries when a woman reaches her 40s or 50s. Medical professionals often define menopause as having occurred when a woman has not had any menstrual bleeding for a year. Menopause typically occurs between 45 and 55 years of age. Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time in most women's lives when menstrual periods stop permanently, and they are no longer able to bear children.