Anoria delivers the Delphic maxim that the greatest good is to "know thyself" (gnothi seauton).

Tired (apparently): therapy, introspection, and communicating your feelings.

Wired (apparently): a hardware device that could tell us (and others?) how we're feeling instead.

The device, designed and built by former iPhone hardware designer Michael Belhassen, appears to be a glowing metal braclet that presumably also connects to your phone to display your emotional state and give you tips on what to do about it.

I've always been uncomfortable with emotions and their seeming unpredictability and irrationality, particularly when they're applied to what should be handled by logical decisionmaking. I find emotion-driven people disquieting for this reason. It's hard to read them and hard to know what to do about their emotional state.

Though the video seems to show the emotion displayed to the wearer, I imagine it could be immensely helpful if it were readable by (trusted) others around you. What if these devices could be somehow networked and alert a friend to check on you when you're feeling down? Or help a neurodivergent person parse the emotional state of their friends?

On the hardware design, I think it was smart to not include a display. This device really leans in to the idea that it's passive and I think that's the right approach.

I'm so curious to know how it can determine the wearer's emotional state. Presumably a combination of heart rate, skin conductivity, and temperature?

And might this be integrated into a device I already wear, like my Apple Watch?

Very excited to see where this goes.

Watch the launch video and sign up for updates on Anoria's website.