Press

Thank you to these amazing journalists and bloggers for sharing our story and Keen as a wearable device for positive behavior change. We appreciate your efforts to raise awareness of body focused repetitive behaviors, like trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder), dermatillomania (skin picking) & onychophagia (nail biting).

New “Invest in Innovation” challenge deemed a winner by VC panel

February 08, 2016

Kumar lead off the presentations, introducing the electronic bracelet designed to alert users when they are engaged in a behavior they have identified as undesirable. Kumar said an individual’s stress-related incidents of hair-pulling lead him to design the device, which provides feedback to the user to help them discontinue the behavior.

Behavior Modification Wearable Wins Inaugural Logic PD Digital Product Innovation Challenge

November 30, 2015

The grand prize winner of the six-week program is HabitAware, a behavior modification wearable that alerts the user when they are performing nervous or anxious behaviors. Born from the developer’s personal struggle, the device helps individuals with Trichotillomania and other body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB) by creating awareness of the undesirable action.

HabitAware Wins Logic PD’s Inaugural Digital Product Innovation Challenge

November 30, 2015

HabitAware is wearable behavior modification tool that alerts when nervous or anxious undesirable body-focused repetitive behaviors are made. The idea for HabitAware was born last fall at IOT Hackday and the plan is to bring the product to market in early 2016 with the funds applied towards prototyping.

IoT Hackday winner HabitAware invents wearable tech for bad habits

October 20, 2014

Sameer Kumar was inspired to solve a real problem going into Minnesota’s IoT Hackday on Saturday. Someone he loves suffers from Trichotillomania — the recurring urge to pull hair from the scalp, eyebrows or other areas of the body.