Cognitive state
Read focus, stress, and cognitive load from the signals people already produce — typing rhythm, scrolling pace, taps, and optional wearables.
Synheart × Snapwre · Addis Ababa
Building AI that understands human context.
Beyond Intelligence is a two-day hackathon for Ethiopian builders. Make software that notices focus, stress, and cognitive load — on the device — and adapts to the person using it.
November 2026 · ALX Lideta Hub, 4th Floor · Addis Ababa · Free
human state · liveon-device
- focus
- 74
- stress
- 31
- load
- 58
confidence 0.82 · raw data never left the phone
- When
- November 2026
- One weekend · exact dates announced soon
- Where
- ALX Lideta Hub
- 4th Floor · Addis Ababa
- Who
- 60–80 builders
- Developers, ML engineers, designers, students
- Cost
- Free
- Meals, mentors, and SDK access included
The goal
AI can write, see, and speak. It still can’t tell when the person in front of it is overwhelmed.
In one weekend, build a working product that reads a person’s state — focus, stress, recovery — and responds to it, without their personal data ever leaving the device.
01
Read the state
02
Respect the person
03
Respond in real time
Tracks
Three directions. Pick one, or combine them.
On-device privacy
Inference runs locally. Raw signals never leave the device; only structured state is shared, and only with consent.
Adaptive interfaces
Agents and apps that change pace, tone, and level of help as the person’s state changes — software that guesses less.
How you build
Signal in. State out. Your product decides.
You’ll build on Synheart’s Human State Interface — SDKs, a CLI with mock signal streams, and mentors on the floor all weekend.
- 01
Signal
Behavioral or physiological input from a phone, laptop, or wearable. Mock streams via the CLI — no hardware needed.
- 02
State
Synheart Core turns it into a structured read on-device: a score, a confidence, and the moment it applies to.
- 03
Response
Your product acts on it. Slow down, simplify, step in, or stay out of the way.
60–80 seats · Free to attend
Build the AI that knows how people are doing.
Applications take about two minutes. Selection is rolling, so earlier is better.