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« on: April 24, 2015, 09:00:15 pm »

Apple Watch teardown reveals pulse oximeter, suggesting future measurement of blood oxygen

iFixit’s teardown of the Apple Watch has revealed that the sophisticated heart-rate monitor used is actually capable of acting as a pulse oximeter, allowing it to calculateĀ the oxygen content of your blood by measuring how much infrared light is absorbed. This data would be useful for health and fitness monitoring, but the functionality isĀ not currently […]<img alt="" border="0" src="?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=376718&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

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