Wi-Fi Transforms into a Contactless Heart Rate Monitor with ±0.5 Beats/Minute Accuracy in 5 Seconds

Wi-Fi Transforms into a Contactless Heart Rate Monitor with ±0.5 Beats/Minute Accuracy in 5 Seconds

According to Director Wu The Pulse-Fi technology developed by the University of California, Santa Cruz, transforms ordinary Wi-Fi signals into a “contactless stethoscope”: by utilizing the micro-movements of the chest cavity that cause fluctuations in the electromagnetic waves, and filtering out environmental noise through machine learning, it can achieve heart rate monitoring with an error … Read more

Top 3 Most Reliable Smartwatches for Heart Rate Monitoring | In-Depth Review of Medical-Grade Heart Rate Watches for 2025

Top 3 Most Reliable Smartwatches for Heart Rate Monitoring | In-Depth Review of Medical-Grade Heart Rate Watches for 2025

The smartwatch market is becoming increasingly competitive each year, but heart rate monitoring, as a core health feature, has become a “face project” for many manufacturers. Practical tests have shown that over 60% of products suffer from issues such as data drift and inaccuracies in sports scenarios. This article selects 3 truly life-saving heart rate … Read more

Technical Collaboration | Accurate Heart Rate Monitoring Using WiFi Signals in Home Environments

Technical Collaboration | Accurate Heart Rate Monitoring Using WiFi Signals in Home Environments

Heart rate is one of the most important physiological health indicators, reflecting a person’s physical activity, stress, and anxiety levels. Typically, measuring heart rate requires some form of wearable device, such as a smartwatch or medical-grade equipment. Engineers have recently developed a new study that utilizes home Wi-Fi device signals to accurately monitor this vital … Read more

Overview of HeartIt: Low-Power Smoking Detection Using Smartwatches

Overview of HeartIt: Low-Power Smoking Detection Using Smartwatches

Citation Information Ma J, Xing TZ, Xi W et al. HeartIt: Low-power smoking detection with a smartwatch on either wrist. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 40(2): 552−571, Mar. 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s11390-024-2981-3 Long press to scan the QR code to read the full text The World Health Organization reports that over 8 million people die … Read more

Wearable ECG Signal Detection System Based on Adaptive Filtering

Wearable ECG Signal Detection System Based on Adaptive Filtering

Peng Liangguang, Lin Jinzhao, Pang Yu, Li Zhangyong, Li Guoquan, Zhou Qianneng (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Sensing and Transmission Technology, Chongqing 400065) Abstract: To detect the electrocardiogram (ECG) signals of high-risk occupational groups such as police and firefighters, a wearable wireless ECG detection system is designed using a … Read more

Top 9 Smartwatch and Fitness Band Reviews and Recommendations of 2020

Top 9 Smartwatch and Fitness Band Reviews and Recommendations of 2020

First of all, it should be noted that most friends understand smartwatches as devices like the Apple Watch that can seamlessly connect with mobile phones and download applications. In fact, currently, besides the Apple Watch, there are no other brands that can achieve these functions. Therefore, if we lower the definition of smartwatches, they are … Read more