Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an optical technique that provides a non‐invasive method to monitor cardiovascular dynamics by detecting blood volume changes in the microvascular bed of tissue. This ...

As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast with 15 years of experience, Rachel MacPherson is passionate about cutting through fads and noise. Her aim is to clearly communicate health information with ...

Before you decide to click away, thinking we’re talking about some heart rate monitor that connects to a display using WiFi, wait! Pulse-Fi is a system that monitors heart rate using the WiFi signal ...

Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Nayan Bhatia demonstrates Pulse-Fi, technology that uses WiFi signals to measure a person's heart rate. Heart rate is one of the most basic and important ...

As an avid runner, I’m no stranger to heart rate monitors and extra sensors. I’m all about getting every last little piece of data to figure out if I actually nailed my workout or if I pushed just a ...

Fetal heart monitoring is a common practice used by healthcare providers to examine a baby’s heart rate during the latter ...