The MindfulPacer project was featured in the UZH Oec. Magazine. The smartwatch app, developed at the Institute of Computer Science at UZH, helps people with Long Covid and other energy-limiting conditions to manage their energy levels mindfully, rather than pushing themselves beyond their limits.
Around 450,000 people in Switzerland live with conditions such as Long Covid or ME/CFS. For them, a ‘good day’ on which they do too much can result in days of exhaustion. Most smartwatches are designed to encourage more activity rather than helping users to pace themselves mindfully. Working with those affected and experts, the team has developed an app that reverses this logic. It combines personalised thresholds, heart rate monitoring and reminders to encourage self-reflection, enabling users to stay within their personal energy limits.