Idea shared #2 - the feedback toothbrush

After the T-shirt that measures your sleep better than an app, here is idea #2: the toothbrush that provides some feedback. The idea is simple - so simple it was already applied elsewhere. The idea is to provide feedback about the quality of the way people brush their teeth. The Brushduino focuses on entertaining kids to keep them brushing at the right place for the right amount of time. Other projects (with many variants) focus specifically on time spent brushing. ...

October 22, 2012 · 2 min · jepoirrier

Idea shared #1 - measure your sleep

I don’t consider having more or better ideas than others. But I gradually realized I have less and less time for some activities like programming, electronics etc. Maybe that’s how we realize we are getting older now adults. So I decided to share these ideas rather than fueling the illusory idea that I will implement them one day. So idea 1 is about measuring sleep. I recorded animals’sleep during my Ph.D. - but it was thanks to an EEG device. I think that if you want to understand or improve something you have to first measure it in a way or another. So I started to try to measure my own sleep with an app ( Sleep Cycle). But despite its good reviews it doesn’t work, at least for me. ...

September 22, 2012 · 4 min · jepoirrier

Tetris wall

Dear wife, I agree to have the decoration you want everywhere in our new home. You can have all the furniture and appliances you want in the kitchen. I’m OK if all the shelves with my computer books are in the basement. OK too if you don’t want to see the file server in the living room. Agreed: I’ll put back Windows on your laptop. But … But I absolutely want one wall painted like these: ...

July 20, 2010 · 1 min · jepoirrier