While at CES 2016, I got a sneak preview of the MAX30102 optical sensor. I met with Maxim Integrated and saw a really neat optical heart rate IC for the wrist, finger, or even the ear. Any reasonably ...

The MAX30105 is an optical sensor capable of a great many things. It can sense particulate matter in the air, or pick up the blinking of an eye. Or, you can use it as a rudimentary way to measure your ...

There are many devices on the market today that claim to be able to track your heart rate wherever you go. But how do they compare to what a doctor can measure with an EKG or an old-fashioned pulse ...

An intense workout might feel great, but working out harder isn’t necessarily better. To achieve your health and fitness goals, you need to find the heart-rate zone where your workout yields safe, ...

Xiaomi shattered the notion that fitness trackers had to be expensive with last year's Mi Band. Despite not having a display, the minimalistic wearable included a number of embedded sensors and was ...

Bose takes a crack at the fitness tracker market by building a heart-rate monitor into its SoundSport Pulse Wireless headphones. David Carnoy Executive Editor / Reviews Executive Editor David Carnoy ...

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic are worried that false positives from the Apple Watch’s pulse-reading sensor could overburden medical services. This is the pulse rate sensor available with all models ...