breathing.ai blog

December 15, 2021

“Even if you can’t give up your screens entirely, you can make them work for you. A new research-based browser extension called breathing.ai is built on state-of-the-art machine learning that uses your webcam to

November 16, 2021

What’s the most precious substance in the world? Not necessarily the rarest, but rather the one we literally can’t live without? Well, despite all the joy that diamonds and pearls may (or may not) bring,

November 4, 2021

Web Summit is an annual technology conference held in Lisbon, Portugal, and is considered one of the largest tech events in the world. Web Summit partners range from Fortune 500 companies to startups, with attendees representing all levels and sectors of the global high technology industry. Impact Startups is a movement encouraging companies and entrepreneurs at Web Summit to focus on how they can use tech to benefit their industry as a whole, their local communities, and even the planet. At Web Summit 2021, the selected startups are at the forefront of this movement.

April 19, 2021

breathing.ai is proud to be a top contender at Collision Conference.

October 7, 2020

See how breathing.ai is transforming the wellness space!

March 11, 2020

We are currently working with the NSSR Lab at The New School, as well as the Assistant Professor of Psychology, Ben van Buren on a recently IRB-approved study on colors and performance while detecting vital signs via remote photoplethysmography.

February 2, 2023

Our breathing.ai team is excited to see the acceptance of our browser extension just weeks after its launch. It runs on all Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Epic).

February 23, 2022

"Companies like breathing.ai are already using AI to help people get their mental health at work back on track by making screen time healthier. Over 87% of screen users experience symptoms like mental exhaustion and eye strain, and while you can't escape the constant use of screens for work,

December 9, 2021

The Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator program ended on Thursday, December 9, 2021, with the Demo Day event. The ten entrepreneurs, including breathing.ai CEO and founder Hannes Bend,

May 2, 2020

Amidst the heightened stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic, “better respiration” feels like an intuitive topic to tap into for various reasons. Improving our breathing can have an underestimated impact on overall health. Humans take up to 22,000 breaths ), and have an incredible 1,500 mile (2414 km) airway length, with 2,000 gallons (7570 liters) of air exchanged over the course of a day— the size of a swimming pool. The respiratory illness, COVID-19, is caused by a type of coronavirus called the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

March 21, 2020

breathing.ai founder Hannes Bend initiated the volunteering project Vital Sign AI, which is an app for remote symptom monitoring to fill in the COVID-19 testing gap. The project currently has 170+ volunteering healthcare practitioners, data scientists, engineers, and researchers from Stanford, Cornell Tech, and around the globe, as well as institutional support. 

November 14, 2018

This one-of-a-kind experience and art installation in one were developed by the team behind breathing.ai. SEAing Breath offers a game-like embodied educational experience about sea-level rise, climate change, and breathing techniques. It’s the first breath biofeedback experience in Virtual Reality centered around sea-level rise. The experience was backed up by scientific data on the rising sea levels. ‍

Blood-glucose levels, brainwaves, and meditation and breath – surprisingly all have their place inside the tech and VRs. Interested in how our physical body fits within the immersive art of virtual experiences? breathing.ai’s founder, Hannes Bend, shared his experiences in that matter at the Creative Tech Week in New York.Interested in learning more? You can watch full presentations here.