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WiFi signals can measure heart rate

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463 points bookofjoe | 5 comments | 04 Sep 25 14:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.605s | source
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onlypassingthru ◴[04 Sep 25 17:16 UTC] No.45129670[source]▶
No clunky wearables? No chest strap on the treadmill? Heart rate and respiration? Monitors everyone in the house simultaneously 24/7 on a cheap rpi? I hope this doesn't take years to come to market because this seems incredibly useful.
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captainkrtek ◴[04 Sep 25 17:40 UTC] No.45129975[source]▶
Could also see the value of this for caregiving. I caretake for my grandmother, and even something as simple as keeping airtags on her keys has been a challenge. It would be impossible for her to consistently wear some wearable health device / life alert / etc. passive health monitoring that’s not intrusive would be amazing.
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1. onlypassingthru ◴[04 Sep 25 17:55 UTC] No.45130125[source]▶
Not an expert, but I suspect for many there are warning signs that someone may die in their sleep (or exercising, or ???) long before the heart finally quits. This seems like a great way to monitor for that.
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2. boznz ◴[04 Sep 25 18:59 UTC] No.45130952[source]▶
when I'm old and going to die, "in my sleep" would be top of the list of ways I would want to go, (during sex is likely not going to be an option)
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3. onlypassingthru ◴[04 Sep 25 19:21 UTC] No.45131207[source]▶
May we all be so lucky but "old" is relative in this case. An acquaintance did just that... in his 50's :/
4. lotsofpulp ◴[04 Sep 25 20:28 UTC] No.45131876[source]▶
If it’s during sex, would you want your sex partner to also die at the same time? Seems like it would be a troubling experience for the other person.
5. captainkrtek ◴[04 Sep 25 23:53 UTC] No.45133571[source]▶
I’m an EMT, so not the deepest level of knowledge, but certain progressive things that will kill you (such as sepsis) would show noticeable trending in basic vitals like heart rate and respiratory rate. And sepsis is also common in geriatrics (catheter / surgery / G tube -> infection -> sepsis)