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onlypassingthru ◴[] 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 ◴[] 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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onlypassingthru ◴[] 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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1. boznz ◴[] 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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2. onlypassingthru ◴[] 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 :/
3. lotsofpulp ◴[] 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.