JoyHaptics Oy is a pioneer in haptic solutions. The company connects people through social communication by creating an ecosystem that enables touch with the most advanced solution across distances.
The company’s founders Jussi Tuovinen and Kai Martesuo started researching how a solution based on haptic science could be combined with modern technology and communication. Haptic science refers to science that uses the sense of touch. Tuovinen and Martesuo developed the iXu smart bear, which is the first health innovation that can wirelessly transmit our most pleasant stroking touch from one person to another. The product includes an iXu smart bear and an application that can be downloaded to a smartphone.
We need touch and closeness, it is one of the basic human needs. The health effects of touch have been studied a lot and it has been found to relieve stress and anxiety, for example. It is like a tangible reminder to our brain that we are cared for. Thanks to touch, the body’s own feel-good opioids, oxytocin, the intimacy hormone, and serotonin, the neurotransmitter that maintains our mood, are activated.
The touch provided by xu smart bear can help with many global health challenges. People suffering from loneliness, homesickness or stress can get help from the possibility of feeling touch even remotely. The solution may help, for example, Alzheimer’s patients or children with special needs. In addition, it is suitable for couples in a long-distance relationship, traveling parents or even grandparents who live far away.
Nanoksi and JoyHaptics are united by the desire to increase people’s well-being and enable community. In recent years, we have begun to better understand the importance of mental well-being and how it affects the entire ability to function. At the same time, the growing sustainability gap requires new treatment methods and digital solutions. With our solutions, we want to offer help to these problems, improve well-being and thereby influence the functioning of society.
By combining the Nanoksi’s Fotonit® coating and the iXu smart teddy bear, we increase the safety of touch. Fotonit® is a self-disinfecting technology solution based on photocatalysis that ensures continuous hygiene. The coating requires only a little light to be activated, after which the activated coating forms reactive oxygen compounds. The oxygen released through photocatalysis eliminates viruses and bacteria from surfaces, thus improving safety and minimizing health risks. This chemical-free, high-tech hygiene solution offers long-lasting, safe and reliable protection for health and enables safe contact.
In addition to similar values, we are united by a strong scientific base. With this cooperation, we want to support each other’s strengths and combine the fruits of scientific research. With technological innovations, we strive to meet the changing needs of society and build a more sustainable, wellbeing future.
More information:
Jussi Tuovinen, D.Sc. (Tech.)
CEO, Co-founder of JoyHaptics
jussi.tuovinen@joyhaptics.com
Mobile +358 40 5899132
www.JoyHaptics.com
