14 DAY TRIAL // Wearable technology has come a long way in recent years, but somehow some potential uses have slipped through the cracks. One of them has finally been dealt with though, that of blood pressure monitoring.
Considering that fitness trackers can supervise blood rate, blood pressure and even calorie intake, as well as time spent exercising, it's kind of odd that the thing invented by a team from Seoul National University wasn't done before.
It has now, though. A team of researchers from the South Korean has released a wearable sensor that can replace the inflatable band.
Shaped like a patch, it is meant to be worn on the chest, right above the heart, and relays live information without impairing your activities.
So you could, say, go about your daily routine of jogging, eating and working, not necessarily in that order, and the wearable sensor would tell a computer, wirelessly, about the beats and the electrical activity of your heart.
It all heralds a new type of blood pressure measuring, and will allow doctors to anticipate heart diseases and strokes, as well as prevent them by letting wearers know when and what they should change about their lifestyles.
There is no way to tell how fast the idea will be adopted. I'm sure it will definitely win people over though.