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New heart rate sensor claims to cut power consumption of fitness watches

April 27, 2017 By Lee Teschler Leave a Comment

ActLight photodiode light sensor

It’s said that nearly 80% of the battery power in smartwatches goes to running the heart-rate monitor. But a new generation of photodiodes able to function as heart-rate sensors consumes five times less energy than the devices now found in smartwatches. The new photodiodes were developed by a Swiss startup called ActLight in conjunction with […]

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