Category: Journey
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How We Prepared for Our Kickstarter MVP Beta Launch and What We Learned
As we move on with MVP LYEONS Heart, we wanted an early small cohort who would be our MVP beta testers. The learnings we wanted to get were: is there potential for LYEONS Heart to support people, and who is it most helpful for? What kind of improvements can we make – product, application, support,…
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We Only Fail When We Stop Trying: Reflections
It has been way too long since we updated our blog about our journey. During Q3 of this year, we focused heavily on technical development. We worked on safety testing, firmware updates, and application development to get the LYEONS Heart MVP launched. As we are still a very small team, our core members wear many…
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Those Ups and Downs – The Roller Coaster of Building at LYEONS
The First Ride: PCB Testing “Do you want to go through an emotional roller coaster?” – that was the message from one of our developers when we began testing our first PCB boards. We’d find a bug, fix it, find another bug, fix that too, and on it went. The ups and downs kept coming.…
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Does It Work?
When developing a product intended to support people, understanding what it means for it to truly work is an ongoing process. It takes time, reflection, and thoughtful iteration, guided by the people who use it. Recently, our team discussed what we really mean when we say, “a device that works.” For some of us, the…
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Making, Making, and Making
Someone would ask, how do inventors come up with an idea. Just like Dyson made 5,126 prototypes before he had his very first successful vacuum cleaner, it is always a journey. A journey of making, user testing, getting feedback, qualitative and quantitative assessment, iterating, testing again, and looping back. Work Alike Prototypes The initial prototype…
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From Post-its to People: The Making of LYEONS Heart
Understanding Anxiety Behind the scenes, LYEONS team has been diving into research and ongoing discussions—exploring how we can better support people with anxiety. At the Cambridge Neuroscience event, experts came together to talk about the urgent need for better mental health support. It reaffirmed our belief in the importance of research, innovation, and patient-centred care.…
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Where Do We Work as an Early Team at LYEONS 🙂
One of the greatest things about working in a startup is getting to meet amazing people who are incredibly supportive. When we first started LYEONS, technically even before we started, we received incredible support from Cambridge Innovation Capital. They generously offered us office space where we could hold team meetings and start building our vision.…
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The Challenge of Switching Off for High-Functioning Individuals
Over the years, we have met a remarkable group of high achievers—individuals who are deeply knowledgeable, constantly pushing boundaries, and making a significant impact in fields like medical innovation, sustainability, and beyond. Their drive and ambition are truly inspiring, and we’ve seen firsthand how they excel at what they do. The Struggle to Switch Off…
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Big Ideas: Hackathon Weekend
“I am going to a hackathon!” One of our team members told us about a neurotech hackathon run by the Imperial College London Neurotech Society. It sounded like a lot of fun, with many people interested in neurotechnology. Of course, this was an opportunity our whole team wasn’t going to miss. So, we decided to…
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Introducing LYEONS Neurotech
Hello everyone 🙂 We would love to take this opportunity to introduce LYEONS. We are a team of researchers, engineers, developers, scientists but more importantly, we are a team of people who share a vision. A vision to support people to improve their brain health to better manage our physiological response to stress and anxiety.…