The Significance of Biometric Sensors: Your Health in Real-Time
In an era where technology is seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, the emergence of biometric sensors has revolutionized the way we monitor our health. Having a biometric sensor that tracks vital signs offers a myriad of benefits, whether it's embedded in a sleek handwatch or a wearable device snugly attached to your body.
Here's why having such a sensor is crucial
1. Instant Health Insights:
Biometric sensors provide real-time data on vital signs, offering instant insights into heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. This enables prompt identification of irregularities for proactive health management.
2. Early Issue Detection:
Regular tracking facilitates early detection of potential health issues, allowing for timely intervention and improved health outcomes.
3. Personalized Health Data:
Biometric sensors generate personalized health data, helping users understand how their bodies respond to various activities. This insight aids in customizing fitness routines, dietary choices, and lifestyle adjustments.
4. Stress and Mental Well-being:
Many sensors include stress monitoring features, providing actionable insights for stress management and promoting mental well-being.
5. Optimal Exercise Planning:
By monitoring heart rate zones, calories burned, and recovery times, biometric sensors help optimize workout routines for maximum efficiency and safety.
6. Sleep Quality Analysis:
Sensors analyze sleep patterns, offering insights into sleep duration, quality, and disruptions. This contributes to better sleep hygiene and potential resolution of sleep-related issues.
Types of Biometric Sensors for Vital Sign Monitoring:
1. Heart Rate Monitor (HRM)
2. Blood Pressure Monitor
3. Pulse Oximeter
4. Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
5. Temperature Sensor
6. Respiratory Rate Monitor
7. Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) Sensor
8. Photoplethysmogram (PPG) Sensor
9. Capnograph
10. Accelerometer and Gyroscope
11. Sleep Tracker
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Whats your take on this @Petr Dvořák, @Joseph Ogbonna, @LMtx have you designed or worked on a solution involving Vital signs for the human body.
Yes is actually based on body sign monitoring q
Measured heart rate and body temperature
12. EMG
No, not yet. I watch my HRV carefuly. A smart Heart rate monitor would be a nice project ❤️
Full meaning
EMG Sensor
The electromyogram (EMG) sensor detects electrical activity from a muscle using conductive pads placed on the skin. Every time the muscle is activated, individual fibres within it receive electrical impulses, causing them to contract. The firing pattern is random, such that while some fibres are active, others are resting. The stronger the contraction, the more fibres are working at a time and the greater the electrical activity. The muscle sensor reads the sum total of activity, which is effectively a noise signal because it is composed of many random impulses. The example below is a sound recording of a fist being clenched and released and is similar to the noise of wind.
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Hardware and software solution that uses various biosensors (EEG, ECG, EKG, TENS, EMS, Pulse, Skin Resistance, Skin Temperature, Dissolved Blood Oxygen, Etc.)
We did the preliminary research, tested various types of sensors to find the solution yielding the best results, constructed proof-of-concept prototypes, and planned production prototypes.
Wow. Can u recommend a sensor manufacturer for this kind of solution. Love it
Tested various types of sensors
-MAX30102 PPG Heart Rate and Oximeter Sensor www.maximintegrated.com
-Analog EMG Sensor http://www.oymotion.com/indexen
-GSR sensor https://www.seeedstudio.com
-Analog ECG Heart Rate Sensor PPG (PhotoPlethysmoGraphy) https://www.dfrobot.com/product-1540.html
-Etc...
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Luc graduated from McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada with B.Sc. (Biology, Electronic), and a D.D.S. (Doctor of Dental Surgery). He worked in a private dental practice from 1983 to 1992, and started offering IT consulting services in 1983. He is a long time technology enthusiast to service large corporate clients such as KPMG Peat Marwick, Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association), Chase Manhattan Bank foreign trade division (Hong Kong), and Warner Lambert. Over the past 40 years Luc has been working as an independent consultant in technology. He is an expert developer of software for desktop, web and mobile applications as well as a gifted integrator and designer of electronic and robotic hardware of all kind.
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Luc is continuing education numerous certifications temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD). TMJD is an umbrella term covering pain and dysfunction of the muscles of mastication and the temporomandibular joints. The most important feature is pain, followed by restricted mandibular movement, and noises from the temporomandibular joints during jaw movement. Although TMJD is not life-threatening, it can be detrimental to quality of life; this is because the symptoms can become chronic and difficult to manage. Examples include: headache, facial pain, migraine, tension headache, myofascial pain, pain elsewhere, such as the teeth or neck, diminished auditory acuity, etc...
Physiotherapy for TMJD may include the use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), which may override pain by stimulation of superficial nerve fibers and lead to pain reduction which extends after the time where the TENS is being actually being applied, possibly due to release of endorphins. Others recommend the use of ultrasound, theorized to produce tissue heating, alter blood flow and metabolic activity at a level that is deeper than possible with surface heat applications. There is tentative evidence that low level laser therapy may help with pain.
Relaxation techniques include progressive muscle relaxation and meditation. It has been suggested that TMJD involves increased sensitivity to external stimuli leading to an increased sympathetic response with cardiovascular and respiratory alterations. Relaxation techniques cause reduced sympathetic activity, including muscle relaxation and reducing sensitivity to external stimuli, and provoke a general sense of well being and reduced anxiety.
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Wow this is awesome
Thanks for the recommendation
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Thanks to everyone for their wonder contributions.