Don't Hold Your Breath
Hardware
wearable sensor analysis
SHOW HN2023
51points
9comments
#1,059of 3,109 in 2023
Top 35%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting project; commenters find the idea cool
From 1 comment
This is really cool! Would be great to see how things like meditation and anxiety attacks fare over time. I know the Apple Watch can also do ECG. Wonder if they expose similar…
catchmeifyoucan on HN
Breath-holding helped one commenter quiet racing thoughts
From 1 comment
Can confirm. My mind tends to race sometimes, especially after caffeine consumption. It's hard to get it to "shut up". I held my breath as a simple experiment and it helped quiet…
charlie0 on HN
Objections
Crashes on launch with a core dump when run
From 1 comment
Hmm, dumps core for me; happy to help debug if you point me in the right direction. All I get is: zsh: abort python DHYB.py --record-len 600
buzzdenver on HN
Requests
Track meditation and anxiety over time
From 1 comment
This is really cool! Would be great to see how things like meditation and anxiety attacks fare over time. I know the Apple Watch can also do ECG. Wonder if they expose similar…
catchmeifyoucan on HN
Questions
How long do you hold your breath for?
From 1 comment
How long do you hold your breath for?
grugagag on HN
Can Apple Watch expose similar data?
From 1 comment
This is really cool! Would be great to see how things like meditation and anxiety attacks fare over time. I know the Apple Watch can also do ECG. Wonder if they expose similar…
catchmeifyoucan on HN
Alternatives named
Apple Watch HRV in the Health app
From 1 comment
The apple watch gives some readings about HRV when paired with the Health app on iOS. Not too detailed though.
make2 on HN
Garmin with runalyze breathing rate
From 1 comment
I am a long time Garmin user, and sync to runalyze, when paired with a hear rate chest strap, they also calculate a breathing rate
jbj on HN