now this...is bleeping awesome - heart rate monitor app

[vshah]

http://androidandme.com/2010/08/applications/check-your-pulse-with-instant-heart-rate/

uses the camera in your phone to measure light passing through, and measures your heart rate.

just tried it on my nexus one and it works great

 

[notposting]

that is cool as hell tried it out good catch.

 

[Spoooon]

Pretty freaking cool.

 

[shortylickens]

Its about as accurate as my Nordic Track.
Is that good or bad?

 

[zerocool84]

Its about as accurate as my Nordic Track.
Is that good or bad?

I don't think any of us know how accurate that is but I just used it twice on myself. Was fairly accurate.

 

[Glitchny]

that's pretty sweet

 

[tatteredpotato]

Cool trick... its always interesting to see what can be done with all the different sensors on mobile phones these days.

 

[theeedude]

Dude has high pulse for just talking about a phone.

 

[pm]

That is really cool. Now I have Android-app envy. I want it for my iPhone.

It reminds me a bit of the app for the original iPhone (no GPS) where you taped a playing card to your bicycle tire and then the iPhone would figure out how fast you were going by listening on the microphone input. I thought that was cool - but this is much better.

I am amazed by the creativity of people.

 

[mizzou]

just downloaded it, it seems OK , just after an intense workout i'm in the 80's BPM

pretty damn high IMO, when I do neck pulse it's in the 60's resting

 

[gorcorps]

That is really cool. Now I have Android-app envy. I want it for my iPhone.

It reminds me a bit of the app for the original iPhone (no GPS) where you taped a playing card to your bicycle tire and then the iPhone would figure out how fast you were going by listening on the microphone input. I thought that was cool - but this is much better.

I am amazed by the creativity of people.

Same here. There's another sweet android app I've seen in the same vein that uses the magnet in the speaker as a small range metal detector. Worked well to find metal studs.

 

[mizzou]

Tried it at work todau, 55bpm resting. It helps if you dont smah yournfinger on the camera and lay phone on something solid like youreg or table.

 

[vshah]

Same here. There's another sweet android app I've seen in the same vein that uses the magnet in the speaker as a small range metal detector. Worked well to find metal studs.

i thought it used the compass

 

[pm]

Thanks for updating the title, Vshah. I almost did that for you and I'm glad you updated it to make it more clear.

 

[zerocool84]

It seems it got updated today. Is it more accurate?

 

[sjwaste]

I don't think any of us know how accurate that is but I just used it twice on myself. Was fairly accurate.

It's accurate on me at least, using an Evo. I just checked it against a blood pressure cuff, which also gives heart rate and rhythm. The cuff read out 61 BPM, and the moving avg on the app was bouncing between 61 and 64.

Very cool.