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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!
Thanks, John!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
virusdoc said 12:25PM on 9-23-2008
I think this app should be denied on the grounds that it duplicates the functionality of my forefinger, the artery in my wrist, and my innate ability to count. The app may therefore lead to user cardiac confusion.
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mentalsticks said 12:46PM on 9-23-2008
ok ok, the point has been made. move along.
Chris said 1:15PM on 9-23-2008
You Win!... My stomach hurts from laughing at your comment.
sockatume said 2:40PM on 9-23-2008
I suspect that Apple have some sort of rule against apps which could present the iPhone as a medical diagnostic device, full stop. It'd be a borderline example of one and I doubt that the FDA would actually get involved, but the possibility is there.
Doc said 12:28PM on 9-23-2008
It'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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jpturner said 12:43PM on 9-23-2008
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.
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Jash Sayani said 1:25PM on 9-23-2008
Unique! Would love to see Google Health integration.
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iest said 1:26PM on 9-23-2008
That'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!
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yann said 2:22PM on 9-23-2008
"Heartbeat" does the same thing, manually by tapping screen tho.
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Milan said 2:54PM on 9-23-2008
Yeah, 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.
AppStoreUpdates said 5:45PM on 9-23-2008
Does the new iPod Touch 2G or the 3G iPhone come with these new Microphone headphones yet?
http://appstoreupdates.com
Thanks :p
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Ashley Easter said 6:19PM on 9-23-2008
Yay, a New Zealand developer! Go Kiwi ingenuity!
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Joe L. said 9:32PM on 9-23-2008
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.
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John Ballinger said 1:58AM on 9-28-2008
NOW 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.
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Lucasherlitz@me.com said 3:19PM on 12-05-2008
This sounds like Zoz from Prototype This from Discovery Channel.
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