Resilience Smart Ring

Suicide is a leading cause of death. Every other second, someone, somewhere attempts to take their own life.  Tragically, the CDC estimates that one suicide death occurs every 11 minutes.  And, each suicide has a ripple effect beyond the immediate victim; permanently impacting family members, loved-ones, friends and colleagues. 

The 2-Dooz team experienced this first hand with the inexplicable death of one of our advisors several years ago.   As we searched for a way to create something positive from our shared grief, we learned that veterans are more than 1.5 times more likely to die from suicide than members of the general U.S. population.   This inspired us to explore the creation of technology-based solutions which can help to shift the emphasis from suicide prediction to suicide prevention for the most vulnerable among us. 

The design of our Resilience Smart Ring™ was specifically inspired by our goal to reduce the rate of veteran deaths from suicide.  The Resilience Smart Ring plays a key role in the multi-year Resilience Suicide Prevention Study™, which is being undertaken to discern how chronic stress punctuated by acute stress during a personal crisis can increase a military veteran’s risk of a death of despair. 

J2 Smart Ring

In Disney’s “The Force Awakens,” Maz Kanata instructs Rey about the nature and use of the force: “Close your eyes.  Feel It. The light…it’s always been there.  It will guide you.”  To wield the force, one must feel it.  The same is true for developers.   To create compelling user experiences, a developer must be able to feel what an intended user should feel.   

To fully imagine, define and test an overall user experience, a developer must be immersed in the intended experience.   This simple, yet powerful, insight was the motivation for our J2™ Smart Ring.  The J2 is an MSSD Smart Ring that our core engineers would want to wear.  The J2 is the yang to the Acquarius' yin.

The J2 Smart Ring pairs with our J2StressMonitor App, to track and alert a wearer of their current stress level.  When in the foreground, the J2StressMonitor App echoes the J2 Smart Ring's mood stone color and presents a message that is indicative of the wearer's stress.  And, when the J2StressMonitor App is in the background, system notifications alert the user to the occurrence of "High" levels of stress.  

J2StressMonitor App statistics summarize a user's average stress levels experienced during a specified timeframe, e.g., 30 days; allowing chronic stress to be more easily visualized.  Through continuous use, the combination of real-time and trend biofeedback enables a user to learn to associate stress inducing activities with their corresponding interoceptive signals.  

The use of the J2StressMontior App and J2 Smart Ring increases resilience by allowing a user to more quickly resume conscious control after each new encounter with stress.   Earlier detection and quicker mitigation result in the faster resolution of physical symptoms of stress.

Acquarius Smart Ring

Our exquisite Acquarius™ Smart Rings comprise precious metals, silicon and software combined to create a first of its kind, brilliant, ultra luxurious, smart ring, that is truly at home in the 21st century.   Our custom-made-to-order, bright, fiery, collector worthy design combines a solid platinum or gold shank and a diamond studded setting with a sapphire crown atop an MSSD gemstone.