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The development of the Smart Furniture Sensor started with the Enriched Office project at Schiphol. These spaces were designed to increase well-being at work. Govert Flint wanted to know if happiness can be measured to understand the impact of the designs. Timothy Algera did a graduation project on the subject and discovered Heart Rate Variability is a good parameter to indicate stress and started to research how it can be measured from the seat. Engineer Tonn van Bussel discovered a technique to measure such signals from the seat. Eventually a sensor was developed that can measure the following:

movement
heart beats
breath
stress

CREDITS:Tonn van Bussel
Timothy Algera
Govert Flint
Pranav Balasubramanian

-> Smart Furniture Sensor at Dutch Design Week exhibition, 2018