Hey HN! I'm not the OP, but I am the burrito-eating, Game of Thrones watching researcher mentioned in the article.<p>This story focuses on a fun application of the Apple Watch's heart rate sensor, but there's a lot we can learn about the human body through this type of data.<p>For example, on the super burrito causing my heart rate to spike to 123bpm, there's very sparse medical literature on what this means. First off, what type of foods cause heart rate spikes? Does it relate to macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein, fats)? Ion balance (e.g., sodium, potassium, calcium, and their effects on the cardiac action potential)? Something else? Is this behavior universal across people? Are there clusters of people, e.g., do people with prediabetes respond to a different set of foods? Most importantly, what does this mean for health? Am I more likely to get diabetes? To have a heart attack? To die?<p>And that's not even mentioning more acute conditions like cardiac arrhythmias:<p><pre><code> http://qz.com/472522/how-the-apple-watch-may-have-saved-this-mans-life/
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We've seen the same thing--a person who discovered they have atrial flutter through their Android watch.<p>Finally, if you have an Apple Watch and want to play around with this data, we just started a public beta of Cardiogram on the App Store:<p><pre><code> http://cardiogr.am
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If anybody has questions about Apple Watch + healthcare, or anything else, happy to chat on this thread.
Oh man, I wish I had this heart rate data for when I was watching Homeland S03E12 for the first time. I distinctly remember that episode being an emotional roller coaster unlike pretty much anything else I've watched. I know my heart rate was really high at some point. I wouldn't be surprised if it was up in the 140-150 range. That show has an incredible ability build crazy amounts of tension. S01E11 was also off the charts.
Just realized this trend of examining people watching TV (then creating blogs and articles about it) is the ultimate point of the narcissistic tendency of our society (right next to the selfie). Now, the show isn't the show itself, but our reaction to it. I've got an idea, why don't you monitor my heart rate while i'm reading this article about monitoring people's heart rate ? Then you could post something about it.<p>I feel like everything we do is now a desperate attempt at gaining people's attention, from behind our computer (i'm thinking especially about videos of people screaming while viewing an episode of GOT). Maybe that's because the "real life" occasions of binding with others are fading one after another. Makes me wonder if having no workplace for your employees is such a good idea after all.<p>Also makes me wonder how long it will take until the next generation will simply unplug.