As you probably know by now, I am not exactly what you might call an iPod fan. Of course, that goes double for iPod docks, cases and so on. The following invention, however, has managed to really catch my interest as it does something I don't think I have ever seen a gadget do: it plays random songs according to your heart rate.

So, if your heart's racing while you're running on a crowded lane, you might hear your iPod play something in the line of Queen's "We are the champions" (didn't have a better idea for a more suited song). If you're feeling a little more romantic than usual and your heart is beating at a slower pace, perhaps Frank Sinatra's "Fly me to the moon" might be more appropriate.

But what if you want to skip the track that the iPod has selected? Well, you have a button for that, of course, plus the possibility to choose a random song that contradicts your current heart rate. I mean, your heart might not be racing because you're excited, right? A truly interesting invention.

How does it work? Rather simple, actually: using a Polar heart-rate sensor, the heart-rate is picked up and a signal is sent to the device that Anaid Gomez Ortigoza invented and which is housed in an interesting, cute little pouch. The gadget then interprets your heart beats and plays a song fitting your beats. A sort of "turning your heart beats per minute into music beats per minute" device.

Dubbed the "kokoro," this project is indeed interesting even in its current concept phase. A player that knows what I like and plays it when I need it most? Bring it on! I wonder what kind of tune it'll be playing if the user has a heart attack.


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