SPShradha Puriinfreecodecamp.org·Sep 11 · 16 min readApple Watch Can Now Estimate Your Health Age, But What's It Actually Measuring? Your birthday tells you how many years you've been alive. But it doesn't necessarily tell you how your body is aging. Two people can be the same age and still have very different levels of cardiovascu00
SPShradha Puriinfreecodecamp.org·Aug 21 · 7 min readWhy Two Emotions Can Produce the Exact Same Biometric SignalA few months ago I was sitting in a convention center about to deliver a keynote at an event, watching my Oura Ring throw up the same heart rate pattern it shows me when I’m at my Pilates class. Simil00
SPShradha Puriinfreecodecamp.org·Aug 14 · 9 min readWhy Your Wearable Needs Weeks of Data Before It Becomes UsefulI can recall the time when I first put on the Oura Ring and checked my readiness score the next morning as if I were checking an exam score. I saw something like 62 and I really started to panic. Was 00
SPShradha Puriinfreecodecamp.org·Aug 4 · 9 min readHow GPS Works in Wearables (and Why It Kills Your Battery)A couple of months ago, I went for a 10K run with three different devices on me. Why? Another long story of review deadlines and my own procrastination. By the time I was done with my run and got back00
SPShradha Puriinfreecodecamp.org·Jul 20 · 7 min readHRV Data Is Everywhere. Here's What It Actually MeansHealth data is having a moment. Of all the metrics receiving the most developer interest at present, there’s nothing like heart rate variability (HRV). It’s a feature found on every major SDK for wear00