Overview
EarStreAM is a stress-adaptive meditation system that combines OpenEarable 2.0 with a companion smartphone application. It continuously monitors heart rate and heart rate variability derived from in-ear PPG to detect elevated stress, while motion sensing helps distinguish stress-related physiological changes from physical activity. When stress is detected, EarStreAM automatically generates a personalized guided meditation based on the user’s preferences and physiological state. The meditation is converted to speech and played through the earable while the system continues monitoring the user, adapting the intervention until stress levels decrease. This creates a fully closed-loop experience designed for everyday workplace settings.
Our Goal
Our goal is to explore how earables can move beyond passive stress monitoring toward timely, personalized interventions. EarStreAM demonstrates how continuous in-ear sensing, generative AI, and adaptive audio feedback can be combined to provide individualized stress support in everyday workplace environments and advance research on closed-loop wearable systems.
