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Many stressed-out workaholics are slaves to their endlessly ticking watch telling them there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done.
Now a high-tech device that straps on to your wrist can predict when you’re about to become too stressed – an hour before you even notice anxiety levels rising.
The gadget is eerily similar to the app invented to monitor stress levels by tech tycoon Peter Isherwell – played by British actor Mark Rylance – in Netflix’s new hit film Don’t Look Up.
The Nowatch is the first device on the market to monitor a person’s cortisol levels, the primary stress hormone.
Now a high-tech device that straps on to your wrist can predict when you’re about to become too stressed – an hour before you even notice anxiety levels rising
Higher levels of cortisol are associated with concentration problems, weight gain, insomnia, and heart disease.
The app senses ‘electrodermal activity’ – the electrical current the skin conducts which depends on the state of our sweat glands, with even a tiny difference reflecting a change in our emotional state. An algorithm then analyses the data and alerts the wearer via a subtle vibration to warn them that they might need to relax.
But despite its appearance, the one thing the £570 device will not do is tell you the time – because its inventors believe a screen only adds to the user’s stress.
The ‘watch face’ is actually a
