“So why is it exciting that we now have heart rate sensors AND accelerometers in the same place? Think Jerry McGuire: they complete each other.”
Apple recently gave us its big reveal: a smartwatch. Among the proposed sensors on this watch are a heart rate monitor and an accelerometer. As an exercise scientist, the presence of both of these sensors in the same place gets my “spidey-senses” going.
The most important question might be what can we do with BOTH sensors working in tandem?