Building Aurora: a privacy-first assistive wearable — looking for thoughtful feedback

Here’s a Product Hunt–appropriate forum post (the discussion post that accompanies or follows your launch).

It’s written to invite thoughtful feedback, not sales, and aligns with how PH moderators and users expect makers to show up.

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Product Hunt Forum Post

Title:

Building Aurora: a privacy-first assistive wearable — looking for thoughtful feedback

Post body:

Hi Product Hunt,

I’m the maker of Aurora, an early-stage assistive wearable designed to help people communicate social capacity without needing to explain themselves.

Aurora uses simple visual signals to communicate capacity changes. It’s intentionally minimal, optional, and privacy-first — no speech recording, no cloud processing, no diagnosis or interpretation. The goal is to reduce the burden of constant explanation for people who experience fluctuating energy, burnout, sensory overload, or communication fatigue.

This launch is a Founding Edition phase. I’m sharing early because I value feedback from builders, designers, and people thinking deeply about accessibility and human-centered hardware.

I’d especially appreciate thoughts on:

Whether the concept feels helpful or concerning

How the intent and boundaries come across

What you’d want clarified or changed

Thanks for taking the time t

o look — I’m here to listen.