Heart rate tracking is increasingly common among fitness enthusiasts, and understandably so. Whether it is a rugged outdoor smartwatch or a discreet smart ring, smart wearables can help you determine ...

Imperfect current propagation in the heart is responsible for most cardiac diseases. Thanks to a novel magnetocardiography technique, we can now image these currents at millimeter-scale resolutions.

The domain of wearable devices has grown by leaps and bounds, not just in terms of mass adoption, but also owing to some astounding innovations. Wearable heart rate sensors can now measure everything ...

A small, liquid-filled sensor can continuously and accurately measure heart and lung sounds, detecting cardiac problems or shortness of breath at an early stage, something which could warn heart ...

University of California San Diego engineers have developed tiny 2D sensors that pop up to become a 3D assemblage of microscopic sensors for directly measuring the movement and speed of electrical ...

(click to enlarge)A chip-scale magnetometer created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology can be applied to monitoring fetal hearts, as well as epileptic patients. A low-power, ...

OPPO announced the OPPO Find X5 Pro globally ahead of MWC 2022. It is the latest flagship smartphone from the company and the successor of last year’s OPPO Find X3 Pro. Almost a month after its debut, ...

We already know that skin tone can affect the accuracy of a heart rate sensor on a smartwatch or fitness band, but what other factors can influence the results you get? For example, does biological ...

The Galaxy S5 was the first smartphone to ever sport a heart rate sensor and Samsung continued to include such a feature in its flagship devices until 2020. So the Galaxy S20 no longer has a heart ...

A new study from Mass General Brigham researchers reveals that heart rate complexity could serve as an early indicator of cognitive decline in older adults. The research, published in the Journal of ...