heart rate monitor
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This Leg-Based Wearable Might Track Calorie Burn Better Than Smartwatches
Estimating calorie counts is an imperfect science, especially when it comes to tracking how many you’ve burned during a given activity. Wrist-based fitness trackers and smartwatches’ estimates for calorie burn can be off by as much as 40-80%. However, engineers from Stanford claim they’ve created an inexpensive, accurate device that you can actually make for yourself.…
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Smart Speakers Like the Nest and Echo Could One Day Be Contactless Heart Monitors
As it turns out, smart speakers have proven to be handy in hospitals, allowing patients to independently control devices, as well as lessen the workload for clinicians and caretakers. And now, researchers from the University of Washington have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables these devices to monitor regular and irregular heartbeats.
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Your Fitbit Might Not Be As Accurate As You Might Think
Photo credit: Getty Images Fitbits are marketed as devices that can help track things such as your heart rate to better improve your lifestyle, but a new study shows that maybe they’re not as accurate as some would lead you to believe.