Internally his heart rate monitor is using an Arduino Pro Mini, a small OLED screen, and a turn-key pulse sensor which was originally conceived as a Kickstarter in 2011 by “World Famous ...

You may be interested in a project published to the Hackster.io website earlier this year providing instructions on how to create a simple wearable heart rate monitor using an Arduino Nano R3.

Heart rate sensors available for DIY use employ photoplethysmography which illuminates the skin and measures changes in light absorption. These sensors are cheap, however, the circuitry required ...

The heart rate device also adds Qi wireless charging to the Pebble Time. Vu Pulse is on Kickstarter seeking $100,000 and has raised over $82,000 with 28 days to go.

Here's a good one, showing you how to build a heart rate monitor using a Genuino 101 with Bluetooth comms. The project takes advantage of the Bluetooth Smart comms (aka Bluetooth Low-energy) built ...

Because the Pulse isn't physically strapped to your body, as with other monitors like those offered by Fitbit, Jawbone and Nike, it is easy to forget at home. Or worse, it may end up in the wash.

A new video monitor utilizes novel technology to measure breathing and heart rate by capturing images of your face. The implications of such contactless monitoring could be a disruptive force in ...

You can use the HR by itself if you just want to train using heart rate zones, but you can also connect it to multiple devices through the Moov app. Doing so, however, increases the amount of ...