A body-tech system that monitors biometrics to manage somatic powers
DESCRIPTION
A speculative mobile system that lets users modulate their internal bodily functions—like delaying urination, pausing menstruation, or suppressing gas. This biodata is displayed in pairing with smart insights to prevent superpower overuse and protect natural rhythms.
CONTEXT
Created for FigBuild 2025, Figma’s first college hackathon, this project responded to a prompt to design a tool for managing a fictional superpower. Our team built Soma, an app and implant system that lets users control somatic functions, exploring ethical interface design through predictive forecasts, recovery tracking, and usage limits.
MY ROLE
Product Designer (Strategy & Alignment)
TOOLS
Figma
Figjam
SPECULATIVE DESIGN | FIGBUILD2025
The Prompt
Identify a shared pain point — something in your daily life that feels frustrating, inefficient, or challenging.
Invent a superpower that would solve this problem.
Design a tool, that would help you manage your superpower effectively.
Our Pain Point
We have zero control over basic bodily functions like pooping, peeing, farting, or menstruating.
Timing is unpredictable and this makes planning impossible!
Our Superpower
[INTRASENSE]
The ability to consciously control somatic functions when wanted; The ability to delay or accelerate internal processes on command.
What you can control: The 4 P’s
Pee: Filtration rate & urge timing
Poo: Digestion speed & bowel movement timing
Phart (Fart): Fermentation & gas pressure buildup
Period: Delay onset & menstruation phase
Capabilities & Use Cases
Stealth Mode
Think “Do Not Disturb” but for your bodily functions!
On a first date and don’t feel like embarrassing yourself?
Temporarily pause all digestive gurgles, farts & the need to poop!
Focus Mode
Prioritize one system while putting others in the back seat.
Feeling constipated and having a hard time on the toilet?
Enter focused bowel modulation — perfect for coaxing a movement during a tense hotel bathroom moment
General Delays
Delaying natural urges when the timing isn’t right.
On a roadtrip or stuck in traffic?
Delay urge to pee just long enough to reach home base
Potential Harm
[TLDR; Too much power, not enough insights]
01
Overuse can harm your body — damage isn’t always obvious.
02
Over-reliance on it to function in daily life, resulting in loss of bodily intuition
03
Harmful use to suppress body-image related issues
04
Harmful use to suppress body-image related issues
Given the parameters above:
How might we help individuals recognize, predict, and plan for their internal bodily functions in order to reduce social discomfort, avoid inconvenient timing, and enhance daily autonomy?
Our Solution / Tool
[SOMA + INTRACHIP]
When your power gives you bodily autonomy, Soma + IntraChip bridges the gap and offers bodily safety.
The Chip: Intrachip
Gathers real-time body data
A soft, subdermal implant —placed just beneath the skin in the lower abdomen (near your intestines and bladder)— designed to help you understand your body, not control it.
The App: Soma
Turns this data into smart, safe and understandable insights.
An app that sets limits on your superpower usage and offers internal body awareness to ensure healthy use of your powers and maintenance of homeostasis.
Core Experiences
Whether you thrive on real-time alerts in a clinical tone or prefer a playful check-in at the end of the day, our app lets you choose how your body talks to you.
From medically precise to casually conversational: we don’t judge, we just adapt.
Notification & Insight Customization
Unlock continuous biodata tracking while the app translates complex physiological signals into clear, actionable insights.
Implant Intrachip & Sync Soma
Your home screen gives you a quick snapshot of what your body’s been up to (and what it’s preparing for) in the past and upcoming hour.
Each card surfaces subtle patterns before they escalate into sensations, helping you stay ahead.
Real-Time Body Data
Track your somatic power use across time, whether you delayed, sped up, or paused a system.
Daily activity is translated into clear weekly insights, helping you recognize patterns and anticipate how your body responds.
Get alerts when you’re nearing overuse and learn when it’s safe to activate powers again.
Body-Aligned Scheduling