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Aureon
Build Your Wearable. Make It Yours.
Aureon is an open, modular wearable specification for creating customizable health-monitoring jewelry built around an interchangeable pendant and choker architecture. The platform separates the functional technology from the physical and artistic identity of the wearable, allowing health sensors, electronics, software, data systems, pendant designs, choker designs, interaction systems, and accessories to evolve independently.
Specification Purpose
Aureon defines an extensible architecture for wearable devices that combine health monitoring, wellness tracking, personal safety, interactive controls, automation, and artistic expression. The specification is designed to support individual users, researchers, artists, jewelry designers, hardware developers, software developers, manufacturers, and open-source communities.
The platform is based on the principle that measurements are modules, not products. A user should be able to select the measurements, electronics, software, physical configuration, and artistic design appropriate to their needs without being permanently tied to a single manufacturer, application, cloud service, subscription, or wearable configuration.
Core Principles
- Open hardware
- Open software
- Modular design
- Interchangeable components
- Vendor-independent architecture
- User-owned hardware
- User-owned data
- Local-first operation
- Privacy-first operation
- No mandatory cloud service
- No mandatory subscription
- Repairability
- Upgradeability
- Long-term extensibility
- Hardware and software interoperability
- Artistic independence
- User customization
- Human-controlled automation
- Transparent data provenance
- Reproducible measurements
- Safety-first adaptive behavior
Aureon Core
The Aureon Core provides the common foundation shared by all compatible wearable configurations.
The core shall support:
- Modular hardware interfaces
- Modular software interfaces
- Sensor discovery
- Module identification
- Capability reporting
- Configuration management
- Device diagnostics
- Self-testing
- Firmware management
- Secure boot
- Recovery mechanisms
- Watchdog operation
- Power management
- Data storage
- Time synchronization
- Measurement synchronization
- Module compatibility
- Configuration profiles
- Device identity
- Local operation
- Offline operation
- Secure communications
- Expandable interfaces
The Aureon Core shall allow different pendant, choker, sensor, communication, power, interaction, and artistic configurations to operate without requiring redesign of the entire wearable.
Pendant Module
The Pendant Module defines the primary interchangeable wearable body.
The module shall support:
- Interchangeable pendant housings
- Replaceable electronic assemblies
- Replaceable sensors
- Replaceable batteries
- Interchangeable communication modules
- Decorative shells
- Decorative faces
- Decorative backs
- Bezels
- Frames
- Plates
- Inserts
- Custom dimensions
- Custom geometry
- Custom mounting configurations
- Magnetic attachment
- Snap-fit attachment
- Tool-free attachment
- Quick-release attachment
- Chain compatibility
- Choker compatibility
- Clothing-compatible configurations
- Locket-style configurations
- Charm-style configurations
- Medallion-style configurations
- Minimalist configurations
- Sculptural configurations
The pendant architecture shall allow electronics to remain standardized while the external physical design can be independently replaced.
Choker Module
The Choker Module provides an adjustable neck-worn platform for positioning and supporting the pendant and optional sensors.
The module shall support:
- Adjustable neck sizing
- Multiple size ranges
- Continuous adjustment
- Incremental adjustment
- Flexible construction
- Elastic construction
- Replaceable neckbands
- Interchangeable neckbands
- Lightweight construction
- Low-profile construction
- Breathable materials
- Sweat-resistant materials
- Skin-friendly materials
- Hypoallergenic materials
- Removable contact surfaces
- Washable contact surfaces
- Pressure distribution
- Pendant height adjustment
- Pendant centerline positioning
- Left and right positioning
- Anti-rotation features
- Anti-sliding features
- Stabilization
- Neck contour adaptation
- Flexible hinges
- Articulated sections
- Modular clasps
- Magnetic clasps
- Mechanical clasps
- Breakaway safety clasps
- Emergency release
- One-handed adjustment
- Tool-free adjustment
Choker Fit and Positioning
Aureon shall provide mechanisms for maintaining consistent sensor placement and reliable measurements.
The system shall support:
- Defined neck reference zones
- Standard pendant centerline
- Sensor positioning zones
- Sensor-to-skin distance references
- Contact stabilization
- Orientation detection
- Wear detection
- Contact detection
- Fit-quality measurement
- Fit consistency monitoring
- Sensor pressure monitoring
- Position-based calibration
- Automatic measurement-quality adjustment
- User-defined positioning
- Activity-specific positioning profiles
- Sleep positioning profiles
- Exercise positioning profiles
Adaptive Choker Module
The Adaptive Choker Module provides optional active adjustment capabilities.
Potential implementations may include:
- Mechanical micro-adjustment
- Electronic adjustment
- Motorized adjustment
- Pneumatic adjustment
- Shape-memory adjustment
- Tension sensing
- Contact-pressure sensing
- Fit feedback
- Automatic fit optimization
- Measurement-quality optimization
- Comfort modes
- Activity modes
- Sleep modes
- Maximum-pressure limits
- Automatic loosening
- Emergency release
- Manual release
- Power-loss release
- Sensor-failure release
- Firmware-failure release
Adaptive systems shall be designed so that a failure cannot cause unsafe tightening. Loss of power, sensor failure, firmware failure, communication failure, or control failure shall default toward loosening or release where applicable.
Health Monitoring Module
The Health Monitoring Module provides a common framework for physiological and wellness measurements.
Cardiovascular Monitoring
- Heart rate
- Resting heart rate
- Continuous heart rate
- Exercise heart rate
- Heart rate trends
- Heart rate variability
- Beat-to-beat intervals
- Pulse waveform
- Photoplethysmography
- Multi-wavelength optical sensing
- Single-lead ECG
- Multi-electrode ECG configurations
- Pulse transit measurements
- Cardiovascular baselines
- Cardiovascular trends
- Signal-quality measurement
- Motion-artifact detection
- Sensor-contact detection
Blood Oxygen and Respiration
- Blood oxygen estimation
- Pulse oximetry
- Respiration rate
- Respiration trends
- Respiratory waveforms
- Sleep respiration
- Breathing-pattern analysis
- Respiratory anomaly detection
- Optical respiration estimation
- Motion-based respiration estimation
- Multisensor respiration estimation
- Measurement confidence
- Signal quality
Temperature
- Skin temperature
- Ambient temperature
- Core-temperature estimation support
- Temperature trends
- Personal temperature baselines
- Temperature deviation
- Rate-of-change analysis
- Multi-point temperature sensing
- Environmental compensation
- Calibration
Motion
- Accelerometers
- Gyroscopes
- Magnetometers
- Inertial measurement units
- Step counting
- Activity classification
- Movement intensity
- Sedentary detection
- Walking detection
- Running detection
- Exercise detection
- Posture detection
- Orientation detection
- Gesture recognition
- Motion-pattern analysis
- Fall detection
- Impact detection
- Vibration detection
- Tremor analysis
- Sleep movement analysis
Sleep Module
- Sleep duration
- Sleep and wake detection
- Sleep schedules
- Sleep consistency
- Overnight movement
- Overnight heart rate
- Overnight HRV
- Overnight temperature
- Overnight blood oxygen measurements
- Overnight respiration
- Sleep disruption detection
- Personalized sleep baselines
- Sleep trends
- Raw overnight data export
Stress and Recovery Module
- Physiological stress estimation
- HRV-based recovery analysis
- Resting heart rate trends
- Temperature recovery
- Activity load
- Recovery scores
- Personal baselines
- Stress events
- Stress duration
- Recovery patterns
- Resilience indicators
- Context-aware analysis
- User-defined stress markers
- Manual annotations
Wellness Module
- Personal wellness goals
- Activity goals
- Rest reminders
- Breathing exercises
- Meditation support
- Recovery guidance
- Hydration-related tracking
- Wellness dashboards
- Trend analysis
- Habit tracking
- Custom metrics
- Custom scores
- User-defined wellness programs
Environmental Monitoring Module
- Ambient temperature
- Humidity
- Barometric pressure
- Particulate monitoring
- Volatile organic compound monitoring
- Carbon dioxide monitoring
- Ultraviolet exposure
- Light exposure
- Noise exposure
- Environmental exposure logging
- Location-associated environmental data
- Environmental trends
Wearable Modes
Wearable Modes allow Aureon to change its behavior according to the user’s current activity, environment, privacy requirements, or operational needs.
The platform shall support:
- Everyday Mode
- Sleep Mode
- Exercise Mode
- Recovery Mode
- Meditation Mode
- Travel Mode
- Research Mode
- Privacy Mode
- Emergency Mode
- Battery Saver Mode
- High Accuracy Mode
- Environmental Monitoring Mode
- Accessibility Mode
- Silent Mode
- Offline Mode
- Developer Mode
- Diagnostic Mode
- User-defined modes
- Automatic mode switching
- Context-aware mode switching
- Mode-specific sensor configurations
- Mode-specific sampling rates
- Mode-specific power profiles
- Mode-specific notification profiles
- Mode-specific privacy settings
- Mode-specific automation rules
- Mode-specific health metrics
- Mode-specific lighting behavior
- Mode-specific haptic behavior
Lighting Module
The Lighting Module provides visual feedback and artistic illumination.
The module shall support:
- Status LEDs
- RGB lighting
- Programmable LEDs
- Diffused illumination
- Decorative illumination
- Health-status indicators
- Charging indicators
- Communication indicators
- Emergency indicators
- Notification lighting
- Mode indicators
- Battery-status lighting
- Custom lighting patterns
- User-defined lighting profiles
- Artist-designed lighting patterns
- Dynamic lighting effects
- Meditation lighting
- Activity-responsive lighting
- Health-event lighting
- Hidden lighting elements
- Pendant-integrated lighting
- Choker-integrated lighting
- Transparent decorative elements
- Translucent decorative elements
- Low-power lighting modes
Haptic Module
- Vibration motors
- Linear resonant actuators
- Multiple vibration patterns
- Variable intensity
- Variable duration
- Pattern sequencing
- Directional haptics
- Health notifications
- Safety notifications
- Navigation notifications
- Timers
- Meditation guidance
- Silent notifications
- User-defined haptic patterns
Gesture and Touch Module
The Gesture and Touch Module provides direct interaction with the wearable.
The module shall support:
- Capacitive touch
- Physical buttons
- Touch-sensitive surfaces
- Single taps
- Double taps
- Multi-tap sequences
- Swipes
- Press and hold
- Touch and hold
- Squeeze detection
- Pressure-sensitive controls
- Pendant movement gestures
- Choker touch controls
- Orientation-based gestures
- Motion-based gestures
- Emergency gestures
- Mode-switching gestures
- Notification acknowledgement
- User-programmable gestures
- Gesture profiles
- Context-aware gesture interpretation
- Gesture confirmation
- Accidental-input prevention
- Accessibility-oriented controls
- Local gesture recognition
- Offline gesture processing
Audio Module
- Microphones
- Speakers
- Bone-conduction interfaces
- Audio alerts
- Voice commands
- Voice notifications
- Emergency audio
- Environmental sound monitoring
- Configurable microphone privacy
- Hardware microphone disable
- Recording indicators
Jewelry-as-Interface Module
Aureon may use decorative components as functional interfaces.
- Touch-sensitive decorative elements
- Conductive jewelry surfaces
- Decorative buttons
- Hidden controls
- Gesture-sensitive artwork
- Pressure-sensitive artwork
- Haptic artwork
- Light-reactive artwork
- Interactive decorative elements
- Functional decorative surfaces
- Artist-defined interaction patterns
Emergency and Personal Safety Module
The Emergency and Personal Safety Module provides configurable safety features.
The module shall support:
- Emergency activation
- Silent emergency activation
- Physical emergency buttons
- Gesture-based emergency activation
- Automatic fall detection
- Impact detection
- No-motion detection
- Abnormal inactivity detection
- Emergency countdowns
- Emergency cancellation windows
- Emergency contacts
- Emergency location transmission
- Emergency messages
- Emergency status beacons
- Local emergency alerts
- Haptic emergency alerts
- Audible emergency alerts
- Visual emergency alerts
- Communication fallback
- Offline emergency event storage
- Emergency battery reserve
- Loss detection
- Removal detection
- Tamper detection
- Safety timers
- User-configurable check-ins
- Automatic check-in reminders
- Safe-zone monitoring
- Geofence safety rules
- Emergency automation
- Device-to-device emergency signaling
- Local emergency mesh support
- Privacy-controlled emergency data sharing
- Configurable emergency escalation
- Emergency event logging
Location Module
- GPS
- GNSS
- Assisted positioning
- Wi-Fi positioning
- Bluetooth positioning
- UWB positioning
- Phone-assisted positioning
- Location history
- Location sharing
- Geofencing
- Safe-zone alerts
- Location-based automation
- Privacy-controlled retention
- Local-only location storage
Personal Network Module
The Personal Network Module shall support communication among trusted personal devices.
- Pendant to phone
- Pendant to pendant
- Pendant to choker
- Choker to phone
- Wearable to wearable
- Family devices
- Group devices
- Local emergency mesh
- Device discovery
- Authentication
- Encrypted peer communication
- Store-and-forward communication
- Offline communication
Communications Module
The Communications Module may support interchangeable communication capabilities including:
- Bluetooth Low Energy
- USB
- NFC
- Wi-Fi
- Cellular
- Satellite communication
- UWB
- Phone-assisted communication
- Peer-to-peer communication
- Offline data transfer
- Store-and-forward communication
- Encrypted communication
- Interchangeable communication modules
Personal Automation Engine
The Personal Automation Engine allows users to create rules connecting Aureon measurements, events, modes, devices, and external systems.
The engine shall support:
- Sensor triggers
- Health triggers
- Activity triggers
- Environmental triggers
- Location triggers
- Time triggers
- Battery triggers
- Safety triggers
- Device-state triggers
- Wear-state triggers
- Multiple conditions
- AND logic
- OR logic
- Timers
- Delays
- Conditional actions
- User-defined workflows
- Local execution
- Privacy-preserving automation
- Device-to-device automation
- Smartphone automation
- Smart-home integration
- Notification automation
- Mode-switching automation
- Sensor configuration automation
- Power-management automation
- Emergency automation
- Data-export automation
- Health-event automation
- Environmental-response automation
- Custom automation rules
- Automation templates
- Automation profiles
- Automation history
- Automation audit logs
Example automation rules may include:
- If sleep is detected, switch to Sleep Mode.
- If the battery reaches a defined level, disable nonessential sensors.
- If poor sensor contact is detected, notify the user.
- If a fall is detected, begin an emergency countdown.
- If the user enters a defined location, change the wearable mode.
- If abnormal environmental exposure is detected, trigger an alert.
- If the pendant is removed, activate Privacy Mode.
- If an emergency gesture is detected, initiate the configured emergency workflow.
Sensor Abstraction Module
The Sensor Abstraction Module shall provide a vendor-neutral interface between physical sensors and the Aureon system.
- Standard sensor interfaces
- Sensor discovery
- Capability negotiation
- Sensor registration
- Sensor identification
- Driver frameworks
- Vendor-neutral APIs
- Measurement types
- Measurement units
- Calibration data
- Signal quality
- Measurement confidence
- Sensor fusion
- Multiple sensors of the same type
- Sensor failover
- Sensor redundancy
- Experimental sensors
- Future sensor types
Sensor Fusion Module
- Multisensor correlation
- Motion-artifact correction
- Cardiovascular fusion
- Temperature fusion
- Environmental fusion
- Activity fusion
- Sleep fusion
- Respiratory fusion
- Contextual analysis
- Confidence scoring
- Algorithm transparency
- Raw measurement preservation
- Derived measurement identification
- Configurable algorithms
Open Data Module
- Standardized measurement schemas
- Timestamps
- Units
- Device identifiers
- Module identifiers
- Sampling rates
- Calibration records
- Signal quality
- Confidence values
- Raw measurements
- Derived measurements
- Algorithm versions
- Measurement provenance
- User annotations
- Event annotations
- Open data formats
- Data archival
- Measurement lineage
Firmware Module
- Modular firmware
- Hardware abstraction
- Sensor drivers
- Communication drivers
- Power management
- Storage management
- Security functions
- Firmware plugins
- Versioning
- Configuration profiles
- Secure updates
- Offline updates
- Recovery
- Reset mechanisms
- Signed firmware
Software Module
- Mobile applications
- Desktop applications
- Local web interfaces
- Self-hosted dashboards
- Health dashboards
- Live data
- Historical data
- Sensor configuration
- Firmware management
- Data export
- Data import
- Alerts
- Visualization
- Raw data inspection
- Diagnostics
- Multi-device management
- APIs
- Command-line tools
- Developer tools
AI and Analytics Module
- Local AI
- Edge AI
- Optional cloud AI
- Sensor fusion
- Personal baselines
- Trend analysis
- Anomaly detection
- Pattern recognition
- Activity analysis
- Sleep analysis
- Recovery analysis
- Stress analysis
- Environmental correlation
- Personalized recommendations
- Explainable analysis
- Model version tracking
- Model provenance
- Replaceable models
- User-controlled models
- Local LLM integration
- AI-generated health summaries
- Human review workflows
Privacy Module
- Local-first data storage
- No mandatory cloud
- No mandatory subscription
- User-controlled data
- Encryption at rest
- Encryption in transit
- Configurable retention
- Selective sharing
- Consent controls
- Data deletion
- Data portability
- Data export
- Anonymous research export
- Pseudonymous identifiers
- Local identity controls
- Local access controls
- Audit logs
- Privacy-preserving analytics
Security Module
- Secure boot
- Signed firmware
- Hardware keys
- Authentication
- Encrypted communication
- Encrypted storage
- Key rotation
- Secure pairing
- Certificates
- Access control
- Tamper detection
- Integrity verification
- Secure updates
- Supply-chain security
- Vulnerability reporting
- Security audits
- Recovery procedures
Power Module
- Rechargeable batteries
- Replaceable batteries
- Battery health monitoring
- Battery temperature monitoring
- Charge monitoring
- Deep sleep
- Sensor power gating
- Dynamic sampling
- Energy-aware processing
- Battery analytics
- Wired charging
- Wireless charging
- Solar energy harvesting
- Thermal energy harvesting
- Motion energy harvesting
- RF energy harvesting
- Ambient-light harvesting
- Emergency power reserve
Calibration and Validation Module
- Factory calibration
- User calibration
- Calibration profiles
- Calibration timestamps
- Calibration history
- Calibration expiration
- Measurement verification
- Reference measurements
- Quality testing
- Manufacturing tests
- Device self-tests
- Environmental testing
- Wear-position testing
- Motion testing
- Sensor drift monitoring
Manufacturing Module
- Open bills of materials
- Schematics
- PCB designs
- CAD designs
- Manufacturing documentation
- Assembly documentation
- Component alternatives
- Design-for-manufacturing guidance
- Repair-oriented construction
- Modular replacement
- Local manufacturing
- Small-batch manufacturing
- Community manufacturing
- Commercial manufacturing
- Revision management
- Lifecycle management
Repairability Module
- Replaceable batteries
- Replaceable sensor modules
- Replaceable pendants
- Replaceable chokers
- Replaceable connectors
- Standard fasteners
- Repair documentation
- Diagnostic tools
- Component testing
- Replacement parts
- Long-term component availability
- Revision compatibility
- Right-to-repair practices
- Community repair resources
Interoperability Module
- Vendor-neutral protocols
- Standardized APIs
- Standardized data models
- Capability discovery
- Cross-manufacturer compatibility
- Multiple pendant manufacturers
- Multiple choker manufacturers
- Multiple sensor manufacturers
- Multiple analytics providers
- Multiple storage providers
- Multiple cloud providers
- Self-hosted systems
- Research interoperability
Research Module
- Raw physiological data
- High-frequency sampling
- Research export
- Experimental sensors
- Experimental drivers
- Research firmware
- Algorithm experimentation
- Controlled sessions
- Research annotations
- Dataset generation
- Reproducible analysis
- Benchmarking
- Sensor comparisons
- Longitudinal studies
- Multi-device studies
Accessibility Module
- Tactile feedback
- Haptic feedback
- Audible feedback
- Visual feedback
- Custom alert patterns
- Accessibility-oriented pendant designs
- Large physical controls
- Low-vision notifications
- Hearing-independent notifications
- Assistive technology integration
- User-defined accessibility profiles
Customization Module
- Sensor selection
- Sensor combinations
- Pendant selection
- Choker selection
- Artistic components
- Firmware configuration
- Dashboard configuration
- Alert configuration
- Sampling intervals
- Data retention
- Analytics configuration
- AI configuration
- External integrations
- User-defined metrics
- User-defined automation
- Privacy configuration
- Wearable behavior
Energy Harvesting Module
- Solar energy
- Thermal energy
- Motion energy
- RF energy
- Ambient light
- Energy storage
- Harvesting efficiency monitoring
- Energy-aware scheduling
- Emergency energy reserve
- Ultra-low-power operation
Display Module
- Micro-LED
- E-paper
- OLED
- Segment displays
- Hidden displays
- Transparent displays
- Custom display shapes
- Artistic display integration
- Health information
- Notifications
- Time
- Battery status
- Device status
Identity and Personal Profile Module
- Personal wearable profiles
- User-defined health goals
- Personal baselines
- Individual calibration profiles
- Multiple user profiles
- Temporary guest profiles
- Anonymous operation
- Pseudonymous device identities
- User-defined device names
- Preferences
- Accessibility preferences
- Notification preferences
- Privacy preferences
- Data-sharing preferences
- Emergency-contact profiles
- Wear-location profiles
- Activity profiles
Body Position and Wear Detection Module
- Neck-position detection
- Pendant orientation
- Choker orientation
- Skin-contact detection
- Sensor-contact quality
- Wear detection
- No-wear detection
- Removal detection
- Incorrect-position detection
- Sensor displacement detection
- Motion displacement detection
- Fit-quality scoring
- Measurement suspension when improperly positioned
- Recalibration after repositioning
- Wear-time tracking
- Sensor exposure tracking
Personalization Engine
- Measurement priorities
- Personalized sampling
- Sensor combinations
- Alert thresholds
- Notification patterns
- Dashboard configuration
- Health metrics
- AI model selection
- Automation preferences
- Privacy policies
- Data retention
- Wearable behavior
- Multiple operating profiles
Artistic Design Module
The Artistic Design Module separates the visual and physical identity of the wearable from its underlying functional technology.
- Modular artistic design
- Independent visual design
- Independent jewelry design
- Interchangeable decorative components
- Pendant faces
- Pendant backs
- Pendant shells
- Choker coverings
- Choker skins
- Choker segments
- Decorative overlays
- Bezels
- Frames
- Plates
- Inserts
- Custom geometry
- Textures
- Patterns
- Engravings
- Symbols
- Lettering
- Logos
- Artwork
- Ornamental designs
- Sculptural designs
- Filigree
- Latticework
- Geometric designs
- Organic designs
- Cultural designs
- Contemporary designs
- Traditional designs
Pendant Artistic Design
- Interchangeable shells
- Interchangeable faces
- Multi-layer construction
- Raised surfaces
- Recessed surfaces
- Engraved surfaces
- Embossed surfaces
- Sculpted surfaces
- Decorative openings
- Artistic sensor apertures
- Decorative sensor windows
- Decorative lighting
- Integrated LEDs
- Light diffusion
- Transparent elements
- Translucent elements
- Gemstone-compatible mounting
- Bezel settings
- Decorative metalwork
- Wood inserts
- Ceramic inserts
- Glass inserts
- Polymer inserts
- Resin inserts
- Recycled-material inserts
- Natural-material inserts
- Mixed materials
- Replaceable decorative elements
- Hidden electronics
Choker Artistic Design
- Interchangeable skins
- Decorative coverings
- Modular segments
- Artistic segments
- Sculptural segments
- Patterned segments
- Engraved links
- Beaded configurations
- Chain-compatible configurations
- Fabric-compatible configurations
- Leather-compatible configurations
- Textile-compatible configurations
- Polymer-compatible configurations
- Metal-compatible configurations
- Ceramic-compatible configurations
- Flexible materials
- Rigid materials
- Flexible-to-rigid transitions
- Decorative clasps
- Artistic closures
- Hidden adjustment mechanisms
- Decorative sensor housings
- Ornamental sensor covers
Artistic Materials Module
- Stainless steel
- Titanium
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Brass
- Silver-compatible construction
- Gold-compatible construction
- Precious-metal-compatible construction
- Ceramic
- Glass
- Wood
- Leather
- Textile
- Silicone
- TPU
- Flexible polymers
- Recycled polymers
- Biocompatible materials
- Hypoallergenic materials
- Sustainable materials
- Reclaimed materials
- User-supplied materials where technically appropriate
Artistic Manufacturing Module
- 3D printing
- Resin printing
- FDM printing
- CNC machining
- Laser engraving
- Laser cutting
- Waterjet cutting
- Casting
- Metalworking
- Ceramic fabrication
- Jewelry fabrication
- Textile fabrication
- Handcrafted production
- Digital production
- Community production
- Small-batch production
- Custom production
- Commercial production
The module shall support:
- Open manufacturing files
- Parametric CAD
- Editable CAD
- Manufacturing-ready designs
- Design variants
- Production documentation
Digital Design Module
- Parametric pendants
- Parametric chokers
- Generative artwork
- Algorithmic patterns
- Procedural geometry
- Configurable dimensions
- Configurable thickness
- Configurable ornamentation
- Configurable sensor openings
- Configurable mounts
- Configurable chain interfaces
- User-defined parameters
- Presets
- Templates
- Design variants
- Digital customization
- CAD-to-manufacturing workflows
- Open design formats
Artistic and Functional Integration Module
The platform shall allow artistic design and functional technology to coexist without requiring the artistic layer to become part of the core electronics architecture.
- Artwork surrounding sensors
- Sensors incorporated into artwork
- Hidden sensors
- Visible sensors
- Decorative sensor surrounds
- Decorative ventilation
- Hidden charging interfaces
- Artistic charging interfaces
- Decorative status indicators
- Haptic integration
- Functional structural artwork
- Thermal-management structures
- Protective structures
- Antenna structures where appropriate
- Conductive artistic elements
- Decorative electrodes
- Artistic biometric contact surfaces
Artistic Marketplace
The Artistic Marketplace provides an ecosystem for distributing compatible physical and digital designs.
- Pendant designs
- Choker designs
- Decorative shells
- Decorative faces
- Decorative backs
- Bezels
- Frames
- Plates
- Inserts
- Artistic choker coverings
- Modular choker segments
- Printable designs
- CAD designs
- Jewelry designs
- Custom commissioned designs
- Artist collections
- Limited-edition designs
- Community-created designs
- Remixable designs
- Forkable designs
- Collaborative designs
- Digital previews
- Material specifications
- Manufacturing instructions
- Compatibility metadata
- Design licensing metadata
- Attribution metadata
- Designer profiles
- Design versioning
- Design provenance
- Compatibility certification
- Functional versus decorative classification
- Open designs
- Commercial designs
- Custom manufacturing services
- Artist-to-user publishing
- User-to-user sharing
Sensor Marketplace and Module Registry
- Sensor identifiers
- Module identifiers
- Technical specifications
- Measurement capabilities
- Drivers
- Compatibility information
- Calibration requirements
- Accuracy information
- Power requirements
- Mechanical requirements
- Firmware requirements
- Data compatibility
- Community modules
- Experimental modules
- Certified modules
Digital Twin Module
- Hardware configuration
- Sensor configuration
- Choker configuration
- Pendant configuration
- Artistic design
- Firmware versions
- Software versions
- Calibration state
- Battery state
- Module history
- Repair history
- Component provenance
- Compatibility information
- User configuration
- Data permissions
Lifecycle Module
The Lifecycle Module shall track the complete operational life of Aureon devices and components.
- Device lifecycle management
- Pendant lifecycle tracking
- Choker lifecycle tracking
- Sensor lifecycle tracking
- Battery lifecycle tracking
- Electronics lifecycle tracking
- Firmware lifecycle tracking
- Software lifecycle tracking
- Calibration lifecycle tracking
- Component replacement history
- Repair history
- Upgrade history
- Modification history
- Ownership transfer
- Device retirement
- Component reuse
- Refurbishment
- Recycling
- End-of-life planning
- Long-term support tracking
- Component availability tracking
- Revision compatibility
- Replacement-part compatibility
- Maintenance reminders
- Calibration reminders
- Battery health tracking
- Sensor degradation tracking
- Wear history
- Usage history
- Lifecycle event logging
- Digital lifecycle records
- Device restoration
- Factory reset
- Secure decommissioning
- Data destruction
- Component recovery
Ownership and Portability Module
- User-owned device identity
- User-owned data
- Account-independent operation
- Offline ownership verification
- Device migration
- Data migration
- Configuration export
- Configuration import
- Hardware replacement
- Vendor migration
- Self-hosted operation
- Local backups
- Full device reset
- Ownership transfer
Provenance and Authenticity Module
The Provenance and Authenticity Module shall preserve the origin, history, identity, and authenticity of Aureon components and designs.
- Component provenance
- Pendant provenance
- Choker provenance
- Sensor provenance
- Electronics provenance
- Material provenance
- Manufacturing provenance
- Designer attribution
- Manufacturer attribution
- Hardware revision identification
- Software provenance
- Firmware provenance
- Design license metadata
- Modification history
- Ownership history
- Repair history
- Upgrade history
- Component origin tracking
- Manufacturing batch identification
- Serial identifiers
- Module identifiers
- Cryptographic authenticity verification
- Hardware authenticity verification
- Design authenticity verification
- Compatibility certification
- Certified component profiles
- Community component identification
- Experimental component identification
- Provenance records
- Digital certificates
- Signed design metadata
- Signed firmware metadata
- Supply-chain transparency
- Material disclosure
- Recycled-material identification
- Custom-manufactured component identification
- Authenticity status
- Verification history
Advanced Optional Measurement Modules
- ECG
- Bioimpedance
- Galvanic skin response
- Electromyography
- Continuous glucose monitoring integration
- Blood pressure integration
- Hydration estimation
- Lactate estimation
- Biomarker sensing
- Spectroscopic sensing
- Advanced environmental sensing
- GPS
- Cellular
- Satellite communications
- UWB
- NFC
- Secure identity hardware
- Advanced emergency communication
Advanced modules shall remain optional and shall not be required for compatibility with the Aureon Core.
Medical and Regulatory Module
The Medical and Regulatory Module shall distinguish general wellness implementations from medical implementations.
- Wellness profiles
- Non-medical reference implementations
- Research profiles
- Medical-device implementation profiles
- Intended-use definitions
- Risk classification documentation
- Validation requirements
- Accuracy documentation
- Algorithm documentation
- Measurement limitations
- False-positive analysis
- False-negative analysis
- Human review
- Regulatory pathway documentation
- Appropriate labeling
- Safety documentation
Aureon implementations shall clearly identify whether a feature is intended for wellness, research, or medical use.
Developer Module
- Open SDKs
- Hardware development resources
- Sensor development resources
- Firmware development resources
- Application development resources
- APIs
- Communication protocols
- Driver specifications
- Data-model specifications
- Reference implementations
- Example hardware
- Example firmware
- Simulation tools
- Test harnesses
- Documentation
- Compatibility profiles
- Interoperability testing
Open Ecosystem Module
The Open Ecosystem Module shall enable third-party participation while preserving compatibility and user control.
- Community modules
- Third-party pendants
- Third-party chokers
- Third-party sensors
- Third-party applications
- Third-party analytics
- Third-party designs
- Open hardware certification
- Compatibility testing
- Community documentation
- Public issues
- Public roadmaps
- Reference implementations
- Interoperability testing
- Certification profiles
- Community contributions
- Commercial participation
Optional Plugin Architecture
Aureon shall support optional plugins so that specialized functionality can be added without making every implementation dependent on every available feature.
Optional plugins may include:
- Advanced cardiovascular analysis
- Advanced sleep analysis
- Advanced environmental monitoring
- Advanced safety systems
- Location services
- Satellite communications
- Cellular communications
- UWB positioning
- Smart-home integration
- Medical device integration
- Fitness equipment integration
- Assistive technology integration
- Local AI
- LLM integration
- Advanced analytics
- Research tooling
- Experimental sensors
- Advanced energy harvesting
- Display systems
- Audio systems
- Advanced haptics
- Advanced gesture recognition
- Artistic interaction systems
- Generative design
- Marketplace integration
- Digital twins
- Provenance services
- Manufacturing services
- Lifecycle management services
- External data synchronization
Plugins shall have defined interfaces, capabilities, permissions, dependencies, version information, and compatibility requirements.
Plugins should be independently installable, removable, replaceable, and upgradeable where technically practical.
Plugin Security and Permissions
Optional plugins shall operate under explicit permission controls.
- Capability declarations
- Permission requests
- User approval
- Local execution
- Sandboxing where appropriate
- Data-access restrictions
- Hardware-access restrictions
- Network-access restrictions
- Audit logging
- Plugin versioning
- Plugin integrity verification
- Plugin provenance
- Plugin removal
- Plugin rollback
- Plugin compatibility checking
Plugin Discovery and Compatibility
Aureon shall provide mechanisms for identifying compatible plugins and modules.
- Plugin identifiers
- Module identifiers
- Capability descriptions
- Version requirements
- Hardware requirements
- Software requirements
- Power requirements
- Mechanical requirements
- Data requirements
- Security requirements
- Compatibility profiles
- Certification status
- Experimental status
- Community status
Specification Branding License (SBL)
Standard
- Fully AGPL-3.0+ compliant system
- Copyleft enforced for network deployments
- Required attribution:
- Roxanne Ardary
- https://www.roxanneardary.com/
Optional
- Specification Branding License (SBL)
- Attribution-free commercial deployment
- Pricing based on scale, usage, and deployment scope
- https://roxanneardary.com/aureon/
License & Notice Requirements
Aureon is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0+).
By contributing to any Open Arsenal project, you agree that your contributions will also be released under this license.
Please note the following:
- All contributions must comply with the AGPL-3.0+ terms.
- Under Section 7 of the license, all redistributions, forks, and derivative works must preserve attribution to: Roxanne Ardary and roxanneardary.com.
- Aureon specifications are free to use with attribution. A Specification Branding License can be negotiated upon request.
- The project’s notice.md file tracks attribution requirements and contributor acknowledgments. Any update that adds new contributors or modifies attribution should also update
notice.md. - When submitting a pull request, ensure that any new files maintain the attribution headers where applicable.
- Network-deployed versions of this software must also remain fully AGPL-3.0+ compliant, including exposure of source code modifications when applicable under the license.
For full legal details, please refer to the AGPL-3.0+ license and the project’s notice.md file.
Notice – Aureon
Attribution Requirement: Under Section 7 of the AGPL 3.0+ license, all redistributions, forks, and derivative works, including network-deployed versions of this project, must provide attribution to Roxanne Ardary and roxanneardary.com.
Contributors
This file tracks contributors and their specific contributions to the project.
- Roxanne Ardary, roxanneardary.com – September 4, 2026
Created the repository for Aureon. Developed the open modular wearable specification encompassing health monitoring, customizable pendant and choker designs, wearable modes, interactive controls, personal safety, automation, artistic components, lifecycle management, and provenance and authenticity features. - [Add other contributors here] – [Date]
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License – Aureon
This repository is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0+).
Key Points
- You are free to use, modify, and distribute the code.
- All redistributions, forks, and derivative works or network-deployed versions must also be licensed under AGPL-3.0+ and provide attribution to Roxanne Ardary and roxanneardary.com as required under Section 7 of the license.
- The software is provided “as is,” without warranty of any kind.
For the full license text, see GNU AGPL-3.0 License.