Layer Designs Smart Objects to Benefit Health

Balance of Being is a collection of smart objects by Layer Design for Panasonic.

The near-future design concepts sensitively combine emerging technology with sophisticated experience design and explore how we can have more meaningful engagements with products and how we take care of ourselves.

Based on a smart visual analysis of skin condition, Shot uses camera sensing on the front of the device, advanced AI, combined with a selection of fresh frozen fruit and vegetable TBC. to deliver a wellbeing experience that creates highly-nutritious, bespoke drinks to improve a person’s health.

Lift is a smart cooking and food maturing appliance using advanced heat and pressure technology and sensors within the device to quickly “lift” food to its most optimal nutritional state. Lift engages families and younger generations in cooking, nutrition and healthier eating.

Providing advanced LED light treatment for a person’s hair and hair follicles to promote healthy growth, Grow is placed over the user’s head and understands hair condition and structure to identify appropriate treatment.

Tone also uses LED light treatments to improve the user’s health. It sits around the user’s neck and examines their skin complexion before coming up with a personalized self-care regime. The device then uses a combination of steam and LEDs to treat the user’s skin.

Wave is a smart massaging device for the head that can be used to relieve stress in various situations, at home or at work. Mapping and evaluating the level of tension, WAVE determines the length of time, method and intensity of the experience.