Tuesday 28 February 2017

Panasonic developing a new camera tech that can measure your heart rate

In the near future, there won't be a need for dedicated heart rate measuring hardware on your phone. Panasonic has announced that its developing a camera tech that can read your pulse just by looking at you. 

The news broke out at Panasonic's own “Wonder Japan Solutions” show held in Tokyo. This new technology goes by the name of Contactless Vital Sensing, and Panasonic claims that it can make its software work on almost type of camera, even on webcams.

How does it work? Basically, Contactless Vital Sensing monitors how light reflects off your skin. Blood absorbs light, ...

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