Flipper Zero maker unveils ‘Busy Bar,’ a new ADHD productivity tool

Flipper Devices, the company behind the popular Flipper Zero, has launched an open-source productivity tool called Busy Bar, designed to help reduce distractions for people with ADHD. People who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can have trouble focusing, get easily distracted and disorganized, act impulsively, and often suffer from restlessness. BUSY Bar is designed to relieve those symptoms by eliminating distractions as much as possible while also helping those with ADHD function through timed bursts of productivity. It features an LED display, fidget buttons, and a Pomodoro timer, and can be synced with the BUSY app for iOS and Android to mute notifications and control smart home devices to optimize working environments. When set on 'BUSY Mode,' the device adjusts settings for calls, live streaming, or other programs to display a personalized busy message along with a countdown timer. Notifications across all connected devices are silenced automatically to av ... Read full article.