Found Footage: iPhone app monitors your heart rate
A new iPhone application, currently awaiting approval from Apple, will monitor your heart rate via the built-in microphone (through either the onboard mic on the iPhone or through the mic/headset combo). The developer has released the above video demonstration.
In addition to monitoring your heart rate using the microphone, you can also count your bpm (beats per minute) using the voice prompts. The application then stores your heart rate for later reference. We can't wait to see this application hit the app store!
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Source: http://vimeo.com/1791560
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This sounds like Zoz from Prototype This from Discovery Channel.
December 05 2008 at 3:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNOW SHIPPING.
This application was finally accepted into the iTunes app store. If you would like to try it, here is direct link to iTunes. www.hurl.ws/heart
Thanks for the many interesting comments.
My.... God.....
Someone needs to teach all these f'ing app developers how to create a demo video. I've seen so many demos just like this with a boring monotone voice and a 1st person camera angle, then they drone on and on for 2 minutes before showing us what the app actually does. GET TO THE GOOD PART, then explain how it works.
Yay, a New Zealand developer! Go Kiwi ingenuity!
September 23 2008 at 6:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoes the new iPod Touch 2G or the 3G iPhone come with these new Microphone headphones yet?
http://appstoreupdates.com
Thanks :p
Unique! Would love to see Google Health integration.
September 23 2008 at 1:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat's a great app.
Totally useless for me... but for people who need to monitor their heart rate often, it must be great!
Can't wait to get my Touch and get my hands on all these great apps!
"Heartbeat" does the same thing, manually by tapping screen tho.
September 23 2008 at 12:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, but try tapping your iphone screen while running on a treadmill. Good luck with that.
This app however looks like a perfect solution for staying in your fat burning zone wile doing cardio and not looking like an idiot in the gym.
The iPhone is becoming the TRICORDER we all marveled at in Star Trek. Now someone needs to figure out how to use the camera or one of the proximity sensors to monitor blood oxygen levels etc. I wonder if they can mod the app to use the mic in a bluetooth headset... for wireless monitoring.
September 23 2008 at 12:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's so amazing what the iPhone can do!
The devs who develop these great applications are showing how far ahead the iPhone is, still to this day.
Take that sprint!
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