Instant Heart Rate for Android uses your phone camera to... tell you your heart rate

Instant Heart Rate for Android uses your phone camera to... tell you your heart rate: "

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Instant Heart Rate, which is a free download from the Android Market, measures your heart rate by using your phone's built-in camera.



Don't worry, though: you don't have to strip off and point the camera at your quivering chest or thundering carotid. All you have to do is cover the camera with your finger, make sure you're in a well-lit room (I pointed the camera towards a window), and voila! Within a few seconds your pulse is shown on the screen.



It works by measuring the color of your blood -- every time your heart beats, the blood in your finger is slightly more red. The app counts how many times the color changes per minute.



I 'scored' a rather sedate 55 beats per minute, which confirms what I've always suspected: I'm way too laid back. If you've got an Android phone, install the app and leave a comment with your heart rate! Maybe Download Squad puts us all at ease...



(There's also an iPhone version, but it costs $1.99 -- you get some other features for that price, though! Like a pretty graph...)



[via Androinica (and boy is that an odd name)]

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