NeuroBuds is an earphone-like device that automatically detects panic & helps women in distress
Engineering students George Mathew, Nitin Vasanth, Athul B Raj and Fausya Amalh were working on a brain mapping platform when a common friend almost became a victim of sexual harassment.The woman was stuck in a situation where, as is common in such situations, she could not take out her phone and dial for help. The incident prompted her friends, all students, to come up with an innovation for women in distress. A year later, the students have a working prototype.NeuroBuds is a wearable, earphone-like electroencephalogram (EEG) device that acts as an interface between a user’s brain and a smartphone.The device automatically detects panic in the user by analysing brain wave data patterns to trigger an SOS, removing the need to physically make calls or press buttons. The project bagged the…
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