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MIT Medical Lab Mirror tells your beat with the webcam (video)

Posted in October 7th, 2010
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MIT Medical Lab Mirror tells your beat with the webcam (video)

Mirror mirror upon the wall, who has a top arterial palpation of them all? If you went to MIT you might be able to answer that subject interjection to the work of grad tyro Ming-Zher Poh, who has found a way to tell your pulse with just the elementary webcam as well as a little software. By seeking during minute changes in the lightness of the face, the system can find the beating of your heart even at a low resolution, allied to the formula of the traditional FDA-approved pulse monitor. Right now the mirror above is just a proof of judgment, but a thought is which the hospital beds or surgery bedrooms of tomorrow might be means to guard a patient’s pulse but requiring any wires or earthy hit, enlivening headlines for anybody who has ever attempted to sleep whilst wearing the heart monitor.

Via Engadget

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