The Science Behind Why Being Kind Makes You Feel Good
If you’re looking for something simple to lift you from a bad mood, a random act of kindness might just help.
What happens to your body when you’re stressed
When we’re under pressure, our nervous system instructs our bodies to release ‘stress hormones’ such as adrenaline and cortisol. Find out how these affect your body when you're faced with stress.
Feel taller and lighter simply by tricking your sense of hearing
As well as understanding our immediate environment, our brain’s perception of sound also affects our perception of our own bodies.
Create Your Own 3D Optical Illusion
Create your own 3D optical illusion to understand more about how our sense of sight can’t always be trusted!
CES press release: Introducing doppel - the new wristband shown to naturally reduce stress
LAS VEGAS, NV – December 8, 2017. London-based technology start-up doppel invite you to booth 51916 this CES to try out their new stress reducing wristband.
Why It Feels Weird To Step Onto A Broken Escalator?
Ever get that slightly weird feeling when you step onto an escalator isn’t moving?
How to Trick Your Brain to Make Food Taste Differently
The human brain is incredible, but it can be tricked.
American Psychological Association finds higher levels of stress in constant phone checkers
US adults who report that they constantly or often check their email, texts and social media accounts are significantly more stressed than those who don’t check them as frequently.
How we designed the doppel app
We’ve blogged before about the doppel design process, but what we haven’t talked about so far is our app.
Why do we get butterflies when we're nervous?
The swooping sensation in the gut commonly known as ‘butterflies in the stomach’ is a normal and natural bodily response. But why should thinking about an upcoming presentation, sporting event or even a date make us feel this way?
doppel selected from 3,000 projects to make Hello Tomorrow’s Top 500 deep-tech startups worldwide
We’re very excited to announce that doppel has been selected as one of Hello Tomorrow’s Top 500 deep-tech startups worldwide.
Hello Tomorrow is a global nonprofit working to accelerate science and tech entrepreneurship to build the next generation of companies that can solve humanity’s big challenges.
They select the 50 best startups in ten industries: Data & AI, Energy Transition, Environment, Food & Agriculture, Wellbeing, Healthcare, Industry 4.0, New Materials, Mobility, and Aerospace.
More than 3,000 startups applied and we’re now competing to win best in Wellbeing as well as best overall early-stage startup.
We’ll find out whether we’ve won at the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit on the 26th and 27th of October in Paris. Let us know if you’re going to be there! And wish us luck!
