1. A sauna comprising:
an enclosure assembly for accommodating a user;
at least one heat source disposed within the enclosure;
at least one monitoring device that collects biological data associated with a user, while the user is within the enclosure assembly;
a first computing device coupled to the at least one monitoring device, wherein the first computing device comprises an analysis module for analyzing collected biological data associated with a user; and
a display device attached to the enclosure assembly, wherein the display device is coupled to the first computing device.
2. The sauna of claim 1, wherein the at least one monitoring device comprises a sensor that can be worn by a user.
3. The sauna of claim 1, wherein biological data associated with a user comprises one or more of a blood pressure, a heart rate, a core body temperature, a body weight and a measure of perspiration.
4. The sauna of claim 1, wherein analyzing collected biological data associated with a user comprises computing a caloric measurement.
5. The sauna of claim 1, further comprising a remote control module for adjusting sauna features from a location remote from the sauna.
6. The sauna of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a touch-screen inputoutput device.
7. The sauna of claim 1, further comprising an adjustable lighting system.
8. The sauna of claim 1, further comprising a multimedia entertainment system, the multimedia entertainment system comprising at least one audio media device.
9. The sauna of claim 8, wherein the multimedia entertainment system comprises at least one interface for receiving multimedia content from a storage device.
10. The sauna of claim 1, wherein the at least one heat source comprises an infrared heat source.
11. The sauna of claim 1, further comprising a heat control module for controlling the at least one heat source.
12. The sauna of claim 10, wherein the heat control module is further operable to cause the sauna to rapidly achieve a desired temperature before a user enters the sauna.
13. The sauna of claim 10, wherein the heat control module is operable to allow the user to select a desired wavelength output associated with the at least one heat source, the wavelength output comprising a wavelength corresponding to infrared radiation.
14. The sauna of claim 12, wherein the infrared radiation comprises one or more of near infrared radiation, mid infrared radiation, and far infrared radiation.
15. The sauna of claim 1, wherein the at least one heat source is adapted for providing adjustable infrared radiation within a zone corresponding to a region of a user’s body.
16. The sauna of claim 1, further comprising a timing device coupled to the at least one heat source, wherein said timing device is adapted to allow operation of the at least one heat source for a selected time period.
17. The sauna of claim 1, wherein the computing device is configured for storing at least one profile, the at least one profile comprising at least one sauna feature setting.
18. The sauna of claim 17, wherein the at least one profile is associated with at least one treatment type.
19. The sauna of claim 18, wherein the at least one treatment type comprises at least one of detoxification, weight loss, and pain management.
20. The sauna of claim 17, wherein the at least one profile is associated with at least one user of the sauna.
21. The sauna of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a connection port for interfacing with peripheral devices.
22. The sauna of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises a client, the client comprising:
an inputoutput component for communicating with a server, wherein communications from the server comprise at least one sauna feature setting;
a storage component for storing data; and
a settings component for implementing the at least one sauna feature setting.
23. The sauna of claim 22, wherein the server comprises a dynamic experience updating module for generating sauna feature settings to be communicated to the client.
24. The sauna of claim 22, wherein the server is adapted to maintain a website.
25. The sauna of claim 22, wherein the sauna feature settings comprise at least one computer-readable instruction embodied on a computer readable medium, wherein the at least one instruction corresponds to an output associated with at least one heat source.
26. The sauna of claim 1 further comprising an electrical system that facilitates the operation of the sauna, wherein the electrical system comprises a plurality of diagnostic devices for detecting electrical failure.
27. The sauna of claim 26, wherein the computing device further comprises a diagnostic module for analyzing data received from at least one of the plurality of diagnostic devices.
28. A method for using a sauna, the method comprising:
identifying a plurality of progress levels associated with a training program, wherein each of the plurality of progress levels corresponds to at least one sauna feature setting;
receiving notification that a user has initiated a training session associated with a first one of the plurality of progress levels;
receiving biological data corresponding to the user, wherein the biological data is communicated to a server from a client associated with the sauna;
storing the biological data, wherein the biological data is stored as part of a session entry in a training log associated with the user;
determining whether the user has successfully completed the first one of the plurality of progress levels, wherein said determination is based on an analysis of the biological data;
if the user has successfully completed the first one of the plurality of progress levels, generating at least one updated sauna feature setting that corresponds to a second one of the plurality of progress levels; and
communicating the at least one updated sauna feature setting to the client.
29. A method for using a sauna, the method comprising:
providing at least one diagnostic device for detecting electrical failure within an electrical system, wherein the electrical system comprises a plurality of electrical connections that facilitate control of the sauna;
receiving diagnostic data communicated from the at least one diagnostic device, wherein diagnostic data comprises data associated with an electrical failure;
analyzing the diagnostic data, wherein analyzing the diagnostic data comprises determining at least one characteristic of the electrical failure; and
generating a repair plan based on the at least one characteristic, wherein the repair plan comprises a set of instructions for repairing the electrical failure.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An interactive head-mounted device, comprising:
an optical assembly through which a surrounding environment is viewable;
an integrated processor for handling virtual content for display;
an integrated image source for introducing the virtual content to the optical assembly; and
an environmental sensor;
wherein the integrated processor is adapted to initially display, via the integrated image source and the optical assembly, the virtual content with a display parameter having a first setting, and
wherein the integrated processor is adapted to display, via the integrated image source and the optical assembly, the virtual content with the display parameter having a second setting, different from the first setting, responsive to a change in the surrounding environment as recognized by the environmental sensor.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the virtual content is a video image.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein the display parameter is at least one of brightness, color saturation, color balance, color hue, video resolution, transparency, compression rate, frames per second rate, and playback speed.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the environmental sensor includes at least one of a charge-coupled device, a black silicon sensor, an IR sensor, an acoustic sensor, an induction sensor, a motion sensor, an optical sensor, an opacity sensor, a proximity sensor, an inductive sensor, an Eddy-current sensor, a passive infrared proximity sensor, a radar, a capacitive displacement sensor, a hall-effect sensor, a magnetic sensor, a GPS sensor, a thermal imaging sensor, a thermocouple, a thermistor, a photoelectric sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared laser sensor, an inertial motion sensor, a MEMS internal motion sensor, an ultrasonic 3D motion sensor, an accelerometer, an inclinometer, a force sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, a rotary encoder, a linear encoder, a chemical sensor, an ozone sensor, a smoke sensor, a heat sensor, a magnetometer, a carbon dioxide detector, a carbon monoxide detector, an oxygen sensor, a glucose sensor, a smoke detector, a metal detector, a rain sensor, an altimeter, an activity sensor, an object detector, a marker detector, a laser rangefinder, a sonar, a capacitive sensor, a heart rate sensor, and an RFmicropower impulse radio (MIR) sensor.
5. The device of claim 2, wherein the video image is stopped from playing in response to an indication from an accelerometer input of the environmental sensor that a user’s head is moving.
6. The device of claim 4, wherein an audio sensor input of the environmental sensor is generated by the speaking of at least one participant of a video conference.
7. The device of claim 2, wherein the video image is made more or less transparent in response to an indication from the environmental sensor that a user is moving.
8. An interactive head-mounted device, comprising:
an optical assembly through which a surrounding environment is viewable;
an integrated processor for handling virtual content for display;
an integrated image source for introducing the virtual content to the optical assembly; and
an integrated virtual image capture facility that images an aspect of the surrounding environment and provides the virtual content for display;
wherein the integrated processor is adapted to initially display, via the integrated image source and the optical assembly, the virtual content with a display parameter having a first setting, and
wherein the integrated processor is adapted to display, via the integrated image source and the optical assembly, the virtual content with the display parameter having a second setting, different from the first setting, responsive to a change in the surrounding environment as recognized by the integrated virtual image capture facility.