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Nice design, but what is the watch doing?

The Exmocare wristwatch monitors its wearer's Pulse, heart rate variability and skin conductance. It also monitors the subject's level of activity via a built-in accelerometer to determine whether the subject is active, inactive or sedentary.

And why is it emotional?

It can be used for rudimentary assessments of up to 10 different emotional states, including when its elderly wearer is relaxed, upbeat, worried, agitated, etc. The company says that emotional data is based upon established algorithms and calculations relied upon in the fields of neuropsychology and biofeedback, and in its internal testing has yielded results with a only a 25% margin of error.

Sounds better then the "Emotion Ring". Remember? It changes it's colors whether your angry or relaxed. I was waiting for an electronic version for years. Here it is. Whenever you test it – PLEASE send me feedback!

via MTB Europe

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