A Million Smartphones Will Drive Biggest Heart Health Study in History | Singularity Hub
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Participants will download apps and wear sensors to track vital statistics like blood pressure and heartbeat. The smartphone will act as nerve center, recording and sending data taken by external sensors like a Bluetooth enabled blood pressure cuff or an AliveCor iPhone-compatible heart monitor.
Though skeptics worry the technology isn’t up to the task just yet, the researchers are banking on sheer volume and continuity of data to make up the difference.