WiFi Signals Can Measure Heart Rate—No Wearables Needed

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U.S. researchers have developed a method that allows wireless routers to measure heart rate with high accuracy. Is clinical devices soon superfluous?

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Wi-Fi signals can be used not only for Internet, but also for health monitoring – the new technology detects heartbeats after just a few seconds.

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Engineers at the University of California at Santa Cruz have developed an innovative system that converts the signal of a simple home WiFi device into a tool for accurately measuring heart rate. Their study showed that a simple WiFi transmitter and receiver can record heart rate with clinical accuracy, without the need for smartwatches, sensors or specialized medical equipment. Pulse-Fi technology, as it is called, is based on inexpensive equipm…