Alpha Test Structure

Phase 1: Getting Started With MindmIcs

Week 1

Welcome to the MindMics early product test. We hope you are as excited as we are for you to rip open the box and get started. Your experience is invaluable to us to learn more about MindMics. We want to know all about the good, the bad, and the perplexing so we can translate your feedback into product changes that will ensure that MindMics meets or exceeds your expectations–helping you to learn more about your body, to train yourself to focus and take control of stress.

This week is all about getting acquainted with your MindMics system. Please unwrap your MindMics and go through the setup process. Successful set-up officially concludes with you achieving a positive heart biosignal through one or both of your earbuds and seeing your heart rhythm on the app. However, you are welcome to continue to explore. Feel free to continue ahead. Wear your MindMics and monitor how your heart rhythms appear on screen while wearing it in different situations.

And, don’t forget to share all of your learnings with us. We want to hear the cold hard truth–what delights you, what may be frustrating, when something did not work as you expected, etc. We will send you an email with a link to a survey for you to share all of your thoughts with us. 

In the event that you have questions and would like to speak with a member of our team, please reach out by clicking the link below.

Phase 1 Activities

• Open MindMics package

• Download software

• Connect your earbuds to the app 

• Find the correct ear tip fit

• See your first heart biosignal

• Complete Week 1 Survey

Resources

• Alpha Test Portal

• Schedule a help session with a member of the MindMics team

• QR code for the MindMics App

• Online Full User Guide 

Phase 2: Establishing Baseline Data Profile

Weeks 2

Now that you are fully set up with your MindMics we want for you to get better acquainted with the way MindMics listens to your heart rhythms and how the app displays your data. The best way to do this is to simply don your earbuds, connect to the app, and see what happens. 

We encourage you to wear your MindMics while doing different activities: working at your computer, taking a call, listening to music, puttering around your home, going for a walk...you get the picture. 

Now, just observe. How do your earbuds pick up your heart signals? What does the data look like? How does your data change (or stay the same) when you do different things? What do you think of all of this? 

As with the prior week, we will send you a link to a Week 2 Survey for you to record and share all of your thoughts. If you happened to start on your listening journey in week 1 that is great. We encourage you to share with us all of your feedback that describes your experience.

Phase 2 Activities

• Connect your MindMics to your app

• Wear your MindMics while performing different activities

• Share your experience with us via the Week 2 Survey

Resources

• Printed MindMics Quick Start Guide

• Online Full User Guide

• Schedule a help session with a member of the  MindMics team

Phase 3: Starting Your Practice

Weeks 3-4

Now that you know your way around MindMics and have started to get familiar with how your heart rhythms change (or stay the same) depending on what you are doing, we would like for you to start to use your MindMics with intention. 

To get started, check out one or several of the breathing technique videos offered on our website. You can start with the introduction video and then try the others which are designed to support focus and stress reduction in different situations. Observe and report back on how you react to breathing techniques. What do you see and think? How do you feel the same or different? 

We also welcome you to try other breathing and meditative techniques while wearing your MindMics. Tell us about what content you like and what works for you. Where do you tend to go to find content that helps you to relax or become more focused? And, we want to know how this experience is different for you when you can actually see how your body reacts before, during, and after a session. As with prior weeks, we will send you a weekly survey to share your experience. 

Phase 3 Activities

• Familiarize yourself with deep breathing techniques. Try the introduction video and then experiment with the other offered videos

• Observe how your “current state” and HRV may change after doing breathing exercises

• Try using the breathing exercises during different situations

  1. Getting prepared for a potentially stressful situation

  2. To relax during a stressful situation

  3. To recompose yourself following a stressful situation

• Complete the weekly surveys

Resources

• Breathing Techniques Videos

• Online Full User Guide

• Schedule a help session with a member of the  MindMics team

Phase 4: Observing your baseline heart rhythms

Weeks 5-6

Plan: In this phase, you should carve out time to complete all of the Observation Activities while using MindMics earbuds. Then, you will report your experience in a Session Survey.

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1: Choose your first Observation Activity from the list below:

• Use MindMics to record your biosignal at the start of your workday

• Use MindMics to record your biosignal the end of your workday 

• Use MindMics to record your biosignal before and after a 5-minute breathing exercise

• Use MindMics to record your biosignal before and after a meeting or other event of at least 30 minutes

Step 2: Using the MindMics App and earbuds, take a screenshot of your biosignal home screen before you start your Observation Activity.

Step 3: Complete your selected Observation Activity and take a screenshot at the end.

Step 4: Complete your Session Survey.

Step 5: Repeat until you have completed all four Observation Activities.

Important Note: Your session data includes personal health data, and it is your decision if you would like to share it with our developers. All submitted data is treated with confidentiality and saved in a non-identifiable manner. Your data will solely be used to support product improvements and team learning.