Cool tech but I question it's usefulness. They focus on clinical in their language but anybody who's on telemetry orders needs waveforms not beats per minute. I care if they're suddenly in afib, not that they're a little tachy after getting up to go to the bathroom.
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Well some darker entities probably would appreciate access to this tech. In order to confirm mission complete if you smell what I am cooking.
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So how long before our phones can measure heart rate from your pocket, or being held in your hand?
It's probably possible right now.
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So the tricorder in Star Trek was just a fancy, battery powered wifi hotspot??
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3 letter agencies have already been using this for cardiac signature identity verification and tracking for a long while
Oh, the person selling you medical or life insurance is gonna love this..
I am not surprised. Passive WiFi was introduced nearly a decade ago, so it makes sense that measurement systems based on WiFi have come a long way since. It's frightening, honestly.
If it could do that this whole time why did I invest a bunch of money and a whole lot more time in fancy mmWave presence sensors?? 🥲
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Isn't this no different then a sonogram