A Cornell research team has developed a watch-like device meant to help students calm down during stressful scenarios. Jean Costa grad created EmotionCheck, which was recently featured on the Daily Planet, a Discovery Channel program, alongside a team of researchers at the People-Aware Computing Lab. While the device was not initially aimed at college students, Costa said that universities, especially Cornell, have been a great place to study the intersection of mobile technology and mental health intervention. Costa also noted that, while the smartwatch will be able to collect information that can help users, data collection isn’t the goal of the project. “The sensing part is important, but if you can’t intervene to directly help the person, it doesn’t solve the problem.”

Source: Daily Sun February 06, 2018 06:56 UTC