my.Flow was conceived as a class project at UC Berkeley a little over a year ago (Spring 2015) in a class called Critical Making, for the ‘Neo-Wearable’ project where we were tasked with designing a modern wearable device to fulfill an unmet need.

We realized that even though half the world experiences the period monthly for about half our lives, we still have no way of knowing how full our tampons are at any given moment, which can result in leakage, shame, anxiety, and risk of infection.

We came up with a functional prototype and companion Android app, using a mechanical method and form factor that we have since evolved from. We performed ample market research by talking to many women about their cycles and mishaps that have occurred therein, which helped to motivate us to continue beyond the classroom. We were picked up by HAX accelerator in January 2016, which relocated us to China to bring our product to the form factor it has today – a small, flat, wearable clip that attaches to users’ undergarments, connecting to the tampon via its elongated tail.