Pens, steering wheels, and other products we handle daily could one day actively reduce our stress.
People tend to play with their pens when they are nervous, so Delft University of Technology researcher Miguel Bruns Alonso developed a pen that senses this fidgety habit. To remind the worrier to calm down, the pen’s built-in electronics and electromagnets provide a counterweight to these movements.
Applied to steering wheels in automobiles, the stress- sensing and counterforce system could help reduce aggressive driving, Bruns believes.
Source: Delft University of Technology, http://home.tudelft.nl/en/.