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The eyes are themissing interfacebetween human stateand machines.
Noddr is building technology that enables machines to understand the person using them. Starting with fatigue.
01The missing interface
Machines understand the world around us. Not the state within us.
Computers can see where we are, what we are doing, and where we are looking. Yet, they still struggle to understand our cognitive state. Noddr is building that missing layer.
- PositionMeasured
- MotionMeasured
- ActivityMeasured
- GazeMeasured
- Human stateInferred
02Why the eyes
The eyes reveal more than where you’re looking.
Every fatigue product on the market runs on eyelid closure, a metric standardized in the 1990s. Noddr reads signals that have nothing to do with the eyelid, chosen over four years of research at NIH, Oxford, and UC Davis.
Where you look is only the beginning.
03The system
Sense. Interpret. Act.
- 01
Sense
Capture continuous ocular signals.
- 02
Interpret
Separate meaningful changes from noise, context, and individual variation.
- 03
Act
Give people and systems an opportunity to respond.
04Starting with fatigue
Fatigue is the first signal.
Changes in the eyes can accompany changes in alertness and performance.
Noddr is developing models that will identify deterioration before failure becomes obvious.
Our first deployment is head-worn sensing for safety-critical environments.
05Vision
A new interface between people and intelligent systems.
Today, we are starting with fatigue.
Where the layer could apply
Defense & Aerospace
Pilots. Soldiers. Remote operators.
Transportation
Drivers. Rail. Maritime.
Healthcare
Clinicians. Patients. Neurological monitoring.
Wearable Computing
The next generation of human-machine interfaces.
Safety-Critical Work
Environments where changes in human state can have immediate consequences.
Different systems. The same missing input: human state.
The eyes are the interface.
Company
Built from years of studying what the eye reveals.
Plyfaa Suwanamalik-Murphy has spent four years studying eye tracking and pupillometry, including how ocular signals relate to attention and arousal. Her research has been published in Neurology and presented at the Smithsonian Institution. Noddr brings that science into application.
Founder’s prior education, research, and fellowship affiliations.