Sound Aroma

Stress is a normal part of life, especially during periods of transition and uncertainty. But if left unmanaged, stress can lead to emotional, psychological, and even physical problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, chest pains, or irregular heartbeat.
There are lot options available to reduce stress. Sound (music) and aromatherapy are bestselling stress relievers because a relaxing sound and pleasant scent can reduce stress in any given tense situation[1].
The idea behind Sound Aroma is to design a personalized wearable anti-stress system that uses calming sounds and comforting scents to benefit a person under stress. When we listen to or smell something, the auditory and olfactory receptors transmit a message to the limbic system in the brain. This system supports a variety of functions including those related to instincts, moods and emotions. This is the reason why sound and aroma therapies are particularly good for treating stress, emotional and psychological problems [2].
The Sound Aroma system will provide a refreshing and relaxing feeling to user using auditory and olfactory sensory inputs when the user is overexerted. Through a pair of glasses (our current developed prototype), the user is stimulated on an implicit level by ten sound and eight aroma fragrance samples. The user needs to assign her choice previously as her preference in the Sound Aroma mobile phone application.
When a user gets in stress moods, the fashion accessories for sensing the stress detects her stress and forwards that that information to her mobile phone. Her mobile phone system logs this data and sends the set sound & smell to the Sound Aroma actuator system, which will then stimulate the user like an emotional refreshment. The sound and aroma actuators are attachable modules on the glasses, and are located behind the wearer’s ear. Aroma actuators heat the solid aroma and the pulsating sound from the speaker helps to gently emit the fragrance. This indirect sound and aroma stimulation helps the user to decrease her stress level, and refresh her subconsciously. In addition, the system can also be integrated with a mobile phone application to analyze the user’s stress patterns and helping us create a personalized solution based on her log data. In addition, her stress log data in her mobile phone can be used by her doctor later as reference.