Cardiogram
Hardware
wearable health monitoring
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
5 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for continuous heart rate tracking on wearables.
From 3 comments
Hey! I'm the OP. Let me know if you have any questions. Just for fun, this was my heart rate while launching this: https://twitter.com/AppCardiogram/status/591377862441046016
brandonb on HNI use a fitness tracker called MIO Fuse - it's a great сontinious Heart Rate Monitor, but Mio has very painful and useless both Android and iOS app. I wish to have access to raw…
potomushto on HNThank you so much, I had hoped that there would be something like this inbuilt with motofit/google fit but was quite disappointed when I discovered how inadequate and manual it…
ddmf on HN
Objections
Optical heart rate sensors are too noisy for true heart rate variability.
From 3 comments
Capturing HR once a minute is of really limited use. More than benchmarking against resting HR, the interesting thing is to look at heart rate variability, and to do that you…
saspect on HNPhotoplethsymographic heart rate requires a lot of algorithmic compensation for noise and motion artifact. There are some pretty sophisticated strategies available for beat…
photonic29 on HNEven the standalone optical HRMs (e.g., Scosche RHYTHM+) aren't good enough to do HRV[1] even though their accuracy compares favorably with the chest strap models[2] [1]…
andrewjshults on HN
Notification keeps the sensor on and drains battery on Gear Live.
From 1 comment
OP - I love the concept, but the execution isn't there. I installed it on my Gear Live, and it pops up a "Heart Rate" notification, that until acknowledged leaves the heart rate…
bbarn on HN
Battery impact is a concern on smartwatches.
From 2 comments
Is there any watch on the market that has enough battery to do real continuous HR monitoring? Last I checked, they all only measure continuously in the "sport" mode for an hour…
DenisM on HNI'd love to hear some thoughts on how this affects battery, especially on some battery-challenged devices such as the moto360 ?
sekasi on HN
Requests
Calorie app integration.
From 1 comment
Cool! How soon until you can tap into a calorie app/database (MyFitness?) and start to guesstimate the user's caloric burn rate each minute?
stephengillie on HN
Access to raw heart rate data.
From 1 comment
I use a fitness tracker called MIO Fuse - it's a great сontinious Heart Rate Monitor, but Mio has very painful and useless both Android and iOS app. I wish to have access to raw…
potomushto on HN
Questions
How is data stored and is it sent to servers?
From 2 comments
I'm curious about the privacy aspects of it. Can anyone elaborate on where and how the data is stored?
ianstallings on HNIn a related question, does anyone know of any monitoring product (e.g. FitBit or whatever) that does NOT send your data to a centralized server outside of your control?
_asummers on HN
How does it access the heart rate sensor on Apple Watch?
From 2 comments
How does this work on Apple Watch? AFAIK, WatchKit doesn't give access to the heart rate sensor.
martingordon on HNHey Brandon, I'm doing usability research at Virginia Tech on EEG's and EKG's. I'm trying to figure out how to do continuous heart rate for Apple Watch for an app/study. How are…
blazingswrd on HN
Alternatives named
Fitbit Charge HR
From 1 comment
I have a Fitbit Charge HR that checks every second during exercise and every 5 seconds otherwise. The battery lasts about 4 days for me. https://www.fitbit.com/chargehr
kevlened on HN
Suunto watches
From 1 comment
Suunto's watches have done that for a while now (5-6 years?), though they use a capacitive chest strap, rather than the optical method used by smart watches. Edit: And as far as…
fancyketchup on HN
Cinch
From 1 comment
I've been using Cinch up til now; it would be great if Cardiogram sent the data to Google Fit to graph like Cinch does!
sdrothrock on HN