Think of a technology or a product that not only appeals to your vain self but also saves your life. With the groundbreaking moves in technology, products can now detect irregular heartbeats among other dangerous health conditions.
Tech company, Apple joined the wearable health technology after it unveiled its new wristwatch which can detect heartbeats irregularities as well as atrial fibrillation through its heart-rate sensors.
Below are some of the other technology that your health will be grateful for:
Smartphone App
A device dubbed KardiaMobile only needs your fingertips (index and middle finger) to properly diagnose health issues. The pocket-size friendly ECG device is used with a smartphone app and comes with two ‘pads’ on it. Once it is placed close to the phone and fingerprints are registered, it detects and measures the heart’s electrical activity in just 30 seconds.
Necklace
How about having a pendant that picks up signs of heart failure? This necklace called the two-minute necklace is so called because it detects all it needs to within two minutes. Its sensors monitor the heart rate, heart fluid, respiration, skin temperature and heart rhythm flutters and send it via WiFi to a physician.
Shirts
Cardioskin is a shirt which is used to detect heart rhythms. The washable shirt has already been embraced by many. This is because it can identify medical conditions such as syncope. The shirt has 15 electrodes which conduct 24-hour checks on the heart by tracking the heart’s electrical signals. You can use the information gotten from this after the chip in the shirt sends the information to your smartphone.
Source: Guardian Newspaper
