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Meet Minne Inno’s 2019 Inno Blazers

June 22, 2019

Members of Minnesota’s tech, business and startup communities converged in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday night to celebrate Minne Inno’s Inno on Fire, a party honoring 50 of the most innovative companies and individuals in the state.

A bracelet to help break a bad habit!

June 15, 2019

Habits often become "mindless"... you might not even know you are doing it. And, if you do, you often come up with excuses in your mind why you need to.

Habits can lead shame and embarrassment and impact your daily life.

Nail biting, thumb sucking, hair pulling and skin picking are just some of the habits Keen can help with...

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From nail biting to hair pulling, this smart bracelet builds awareness

June 10, 2019

Hair pulling, skin picking and nail biting are all body-focused repetitive behaviors that can have a huge impact on people's lives. A Minneapolis-based tech startup developed a smart bracelet to build awareness of these behaviors.

From nail biting to hair pulling, this smart bracelet builds awareness

June 08, 2019

A Minnesota tech startup developed a smart bracelet that builds awareness of unwanted repetitive behavior like hair pulling, skin picking and nail biting.

Hard Habits to Break

June 03, 2019

Ellen Crupi can easily recall when she first pulled out a strand of her long dark hair in the same way some people might remember their first kiss or losing their first tooth. She was 12 years old and in gym class at her suburban Rhode Island middle school, waiting for teams to be chosen.

“I was probably just playing with my hair to calm myself down, and I pulled a piece out. I don’t know why,” says the 54-year-old Crupi, who lives in Bethesda. “Ever since that moment, I was hooked. I just felt a zing.”

Pulling out her hair became a coping mechanism for Crupi, a way to tackle anxiety or even boredom, and nothing she was too concerned about at first.

Inventors Helping Inventors #21 - Aneela Idnani

May 06, 2019

Alan interviews Aneela Idnani - inventor of the Keen bracelet.

Tune in to learn how, after suffering for years with a psychological disorder that caused her to pull out all her eyebrows, she invented a solution - the Keen bracelet.

The Keen bracelet has changed habits and touched thousands of lives all over the globe.

HabitAware Receives $300,000 Grant to Advance Work Treating Hair-Pulling Disorder

April 10, 2019

Through a study funded by the grant award, HabitAware will evaluate the feasibility of Keen as an official treatment for trichotillomania. Simultaneously, Keen will be further developed into a tool for self-administration of Habit Reversal Training (HRT), one of few verified treatments currently in existence.

A New Tool to Overcome Skin and Hair Picking Disorders

April 10, 2019

You, she reminds, are who’s really in control. And that’s where Keen comes in. When the bracelet vibrates, it’s bringing the picking compulsion from the subconscious into the conscious — giving you the ability to then consciously say to yourself “my hands are not where I want them to be”.

How a Hair Pulling Disorder Inspired a Smart Bracelet Startup

April 10, 2019

For more than 20 years, Aneela Idnani Kumar hid her hair pulling disorder.

Disguising her absent eyebrows with makeup and concealing her isolation with smiles, Idnani Kumar kept her trichotillomania a secret from even her husband.

A mental health condition in the family of obsessive compulsive disorders, people with trichotillomania, “trich” for short, are plagued by irresistible urges to pull out their eyebrows, eyelashes, hair on their heads or anywhere else on their body.