The Puzzlebox Bloom is designed to help you learn mental relaxation through meditation and/or practice concentration skills as measured by EEG headsets. Colors change during active use to reflect your progress, and the flower design slowly opens to bloom as your approach you goals. Afterward, the Puzzlebox Bloom will slowly close according to a schedule of your choosing. For example, if you wish to practice daily, the flower will close each night. If you prefer a weekly schedule, that’s how long the blossom will remain open. Position your Puzzlebox Bloom on your desk, in your kitchen, or on the nightstand – wherever you feel it will best remind you to keep up your routine!
The Puzzlebox Bloom is an independent effort based on Emmett Lalish‘s open source “lamp” design, which has been heavily modified and extended to integrate a servo motor, Bluetooth LE micro-controller, and multi-colored RGB lighting. All source code to the mobile apps, 3D models, hardware designs, circuit boards, firmware, etc. will be published freely under open licenses at the same time the first units are delivered to the public on December 15, 2014.
This design was in turn inspired by Patrick Jouin’s beautiful table lamp (which itself was “inspired by both the One_Shot.MGX stool and flower blossoms found in nature”) and we are proud to pay hommage to these talented artists and engineers.
Note: Emmett is not related in any way to Puzzlebox and we only mention his name to grant him proper credit for his work. Many of his amazing 3D designs are published freely under the Creative Commons – Attribution – Share Alike license on Thingaverse.