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		hackernewds on May 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deep sleep may be the best defense against Alzheim... Skeptical it can glean all of that without EEG, let alone without heart rate.

the_third_wave on May 22, 2023 | [–]

Heart rate can be discerned remotely using infrared cameras [1] so that would be doable.

[1] https://www.thinkmind.org/articles/smart_2017_2_20_48002.pdf

deadmutex on May 22, 2023 | [–]

Check out some details in the second blog link.

Of course a sleep clinic with a lot of sensors will give you much better results.

The analogy would be a massage chair vs masseuse. Different price/convenience tradeoffs.

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