Apple Watch is going to measure heart rate. So what?

mhealth logo“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?

Original article by Dr. Christy Lane

By | 2017-11-20T16:33:37+00:00 September 19th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Apple Watch is going to measure heart rate. So what?