From Smartwatches to Research Tools: Unlocking the Potential of Modern Health Monitoring Technology
摘要
A broad range of sensing technologies, devices, and platforms allow interested users or physicians to observe various health-related aspects of the user’s health. This chapter discusses what modern devices can measure and how users can access and interpret recorded data. Many commercially available devices are capable of measuring data such as heart rate and heart rate variability, sleep cycles, walking steadiness, or electrocardiograms using only a smartwatch and a smartphone. In this chapter, we provide a brief overview these technologies and tools, how they are used for research purposes and highlight potential avenues for future work and upcoming challenges.