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September 30th, 2025
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H-SMART is short speak for the HarmonEyes Human State Monitoring and Readiness Tool.
This eye-tracking solution system is designed to gauge and forecast cognitive load and tiredness before it becomes a behavioral safety risk in spaceflight.
Antarctic testing
HarmonEyes of Bethesda, Maryland has been tapped by the NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) to trial-run H-SMART later this year in the harsh Antarctica environment and sub-Antarctic stations run by the Australian Antarctic Program.
The research is being conducted at Australia’s three Antarctic research stations and at Macquarie Island.
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“By validating this technology in Antarctica, we can better understand how it will help astronauts stay focused and mission-ready during the most demanding expeditions,” said Rihana Bokhari, Scientific Research Director for TRISH.
TRISH is a U.S.-based institute led by Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine.
Cognitive load and fatigue
By measuring subtle changes in eye movements, H-SMART delivers passive, highly accurate, real-time monitoring of cognitive load and fatigue. The high-tech system is viewed as adaptable to long-haul missions where maintaining peak performance over months or years is mission-critical.
The HarmonEyes H-SMART applies advanced AI and machine learning for predictive modeling, a system that can be adapted to the stresses and strains of extended space missions.
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Mission critical situations
“The eyes tell us a lot about our mental condition and with HarmonEyes, we’re able to monitor them to gauge cognitive load and fatigue in real time, ensuring peak cognitive performance during mission-critical situations like space exploration,” said Adam Gross, CEO and Co-Founder of HarmonEyes in a company statement.
“In the Antarctic we will demonstrate that H-SMART can offer superior prediction of astronaut’s cognitive and fatigue states solely based on eye metrics,” Gross explains.
HarmonEyes is billed as the world’s only open, AI-powered eye-tracking platform that identifies and predicts a person’s cognitive, emotional, and physical state based on eye movements alone.
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