Johan Simbade
How Smart Watches Help Us
Smart Watches are an exciting new addition to the range of human devices. A smartwatch is essentially a handheld computer in the shape of a tiny watch; most modern smartwatches offer a wide-screen, touch-sensitive interface for day-to-day use, and an accompanying smartphone application gives for increased functionality and tracking. With the growing number of watches on the market, the attraction of the Smartwatch lies in its potential applications – and the ability it has to revolutionise how we do many things. This article will investigate some of the facts surrounding the Smartwatch and discuss some of the possible applications we can look forward to in future.
Health is clearly one of the chief benefits to be gained by wearing a Smartwatch. Built-in heart rate monitors provide continuous data collection that can be viewed online, as well as other health related data. The ability to upload our own fitness and health records and the syncing of this data with our medical records via the internet make for a very powerful and personalised healthcare service. Heart rate monitoring can also be incorporated into some watches, giving a low-level workout status feedback to the wearer. In fact, some innovative watches can measure the amount of resistance exerted by the wearer’s arm to determine correct workout intensity, and they can also measure the intensity of heart-rate change during exercise.
Monitoring our glucose levels is another key aspect to consider when selecting a fitness or sports watch. An integrated GSM/GPRS glucose monitor watch records the glucose level of the wearer as it rises and falls during exercise. This can then be analysed later using software that breaks down the data into useful metrics such as maximum heart rate, average heart rate and the percentage of maximum heart rate recorded during the exercise routine. Additionally, some watches can also measure the percentage of maximum heart rate recorded during exercise, allowing you to calculate just how much exercise you are really getting your muscles to handle.
Many of these watches also allow users to share the information provided by their workouts with their friends and family through social networking platforms such as Facebook. This allows you to not only track your fitness progress but also gives you the opportunity to interact with your friends and family in a more interactive way than simply reading an article about your progress. This is a very big advantage over traditional forms of media, as it means that you can be constantly feeding your relationships with real feedback from the inside out. Another advantage is that these types of watches are generally water-resistant up to a certain depth. They can also work in conjunction with other apps and services, meaning that you can have all the information you need right at your fingertips, ready to share with whoever needs it most.
These watches are not solely for athletes and fitness enthusiasts. Children and adults alike can benefit from the information provided by these watches. As studies continue to progress the relationship between physical activity and mental health, smart watches will only continue to provide us with useful data that we need to take advantage of. For example, with child smart watches you can track and measure your child’s sleeping habits so that you can get a better understanding of how to help them sleep better at night.
Smart watches offer users the chance to track a number of different activities. Some of these are far more serious than others, such as heart rate, calories burned and even the distance covered by the athlete during a training session. Other activities are far less serious, but still important to track. For example, the distance covered by a runner can be easily monitored, or the intensity of the workout can be easily recorded. These watches can even measure the number of calories burnt during an actual marathon race!
