Slightly Robot is a tech startup that makes a bracelet for people with trichotillomania. (Slightly Robot/TNS)
Two brothers, recent UW graduates, develop a chip-embedded bracelet designed to help people who compulsively and subconsciously pull their hair.
What: Slightly Robot
Who: Matt Toles, co-founder and CEO, and Joseph Toles, co-founder and chief technical officer
The subconscious: The Toleses, brothers and recent University of Washington graduates, have created a bracelet that tracks hand movement – and vibrates when it goes somewhere it shouldn't. The bracelet is meant for people with trichotillomania, a disorder that can cause people to compulsively pull their hair. After a while, such movements become subconscious. Studies say up to 4% of the population has the condition.
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