A technology has been developed that can measure heart rate using only a smartphone camera, even without wearable devices ...

Researchers developed Passive Heart-Rate Monitoring, a deep-learning smartphone system that estimates heart rate and daily ...

When a Wi-Fi router sends a signal to a device like a smartphone or laptop, that signal’s radio waves pass through other objects on the way. The objects absorb some of that wave, resulting in ...

Before you decide to click away, thinking we’re talking about some heart rate monitor that connects to a display using WiFi, wait! Pulse-Fi is a system that monitors heart rate using the WiFi signal ...

We tested the best heart rate monitors so you can focus on the miles, not the math.

A skin-like computing patch could give wearable health devices something they have long lacked, instant judgment. By running ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When smartwatches and other wearables first hit the market, some people were skeptical that they'd be anything more than a novelty. Once users ...

It's not unusual to see researchers and DIYers find new uses for the Raspberry Pi, but the potential in this latest discovery is a doozy. A research team created a method for detecting heart rates ...

Millions of people use a wearable health and fitness tracker. These devices can be useful for monitoring activity levels, sleep quality, and heart rate. But for some, wearables can have unintended ...

To get a sense of what average running heart rates look like for the pros, we peeked at some of their public Strava posts.