Samsung wearables have a heart rate sensor but the company refrains it to use it as a reference for medical purposes. The Creativity Lab or C-Lab – as Samsung calls it – is working on something that is meant to aid the user for medical purposes. It’s the Early Detection Sensor & Algorithm Package (EDSAP), a solution created by a team of washing machine and smartphone engineers to detect early signs of heart stroke.
As evident from the image, the user will have to wear the device on the head that will monitor the brainwaves. The brainwave data will then be sent to the app, which with the help of an algorithm will analyse the brainwaves and determine the likelihood of a stroke. Samsung says this will be done all within a 60-second time frame, which will help the user to take precautionary measures or consult a doctor for the impending stroke.
Samsung also feels, when data is analysed for a longer period of time, the EDSAP can “leverage it to provide additional information related to neurological health, such as stress, anxiety and sleep patterns.”
Understandably, this is just a proof of concept with no release in sight (at least for a few years) but Samsung says they’re working on EDSAP sensors that can be pasted onto the backside of hairpins or eyeglass temples without having the user feel dorky.
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