Pulse Sensor

We’ve Moved!

Yury Gitman — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:36:07 +0000

Pulse Sensor at the Bleeding Edge of Emotional Response Entertainment

Joel Murphy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:36:39 +0000

Some folks in Belfast have created an interactive entertainment platform called Sensum, and it looks really cool ! “Sensum integrates emotional response reporting into any media and is universally compatible with a wide range of platforms and devices.” Wow. Catch up on all the biofeedback-in-entertainment news on their tumbler. The company behind Sensum is called Filmtrip, and they are not new to this kind of thing. Here’s a project of theirs called Biosuite, and a great article in the New Scientist.

They backed our Kickstarter last year (You Rock!) and just made a video to demo Pulse Sensor sending data wirelessly over XBee, a moble app, controlling Xbox Kinect, and fading theatrical lighting over DMX512. Super Duper Cool.

New Pulse Sensor, for 3 Volts!

Yury Gitman — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:34:44 +0000

We are proud to announce a new Pulse Sensor today, a 3 Volt Pulse Sensor. This 3 Volt version is for ”wearable-minded” developers. If you are using a Lillypad, Arduino Fio, Arduino Pro Mini, Seeeduino Film, or any 3V Arduino, these are for you.

Article in Make Magazine Vol 29, Jan 2012

Yury Gitman — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:38:17 +0000

Very nice video here by Becky Stern (of Craft and Make) who made an awesome project for Make Projects (and the below issue) with the Pulse Sensor.

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Also, the good folks at Make Magazine asked us to write a detailed article about the Pulse Sensor for the first 2012 issue. The “DIY SuperHuman” issue is all about bio-sensing. It’s a great volume and worth getting if you are into that kinda thing. If you are reading this you can assume that you into that kinda thing….

Honorable Mentions, from YouTube & Vimeo

Yury Gitman — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:03:44 +0000

Some cool videos we ran into showing experiments of folks using our PulseSensor

Flower Pin/ Pulse Sensor

Pulse Sensor/Flower Pin from Aneta Genova on Vimeo.

PulseSensor meets Android:

Pulsey The Robot

Pulsey the Pulse Robot from Jun Sik (Jason) Kim on Vimeo.

Homage to The Hitchhiker’s Guide, via Pulse Sensor and Arduino:

New Code Version, for the New Year!

Joel Murphy — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:30:49 +0000

There is a new version of Pulse Sensor code now up on our Code Downloads page! The new version (version 0.6) is a significant update and we advise everyone to use it. From our tests, it makes the Pulse Sensor more accurate and reliable on whole.

In detail, changes include:

1) A digital filter for better signal processing.

2) Automatic update of heart rate (BPM).

3) Automatic update of time between beats (HRV) with 1mS resolution !

4) Sensor data samples are taken every 1mS, timed by an interrupt generated by Timer1.

5) Access to both raw sensor data and filtered sensor data (b/c we know you want that) !

Happy New Year Everybody !

Pulse Sensor for Arduino Available at Maker Shed

Joel Murphy — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:38:57 +0000

We are happy to report that our good friends at the Maker Shed are now stocking the Pulse Sensor! So while we anticipate the arrival of the new parts, you can go there to buy one. While supplies last!

Now in stock, check-out our new shop!

Yury Gitman — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:56:08 +0000

Today we launched a new web-store. We made sure to get a great shipping service set-up in advance, so orders will ship very promptly. Hooray!

Check it out while supplies last!

Out and About in the World

Yury Gitman — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:10:19 +0000

The Pulse Sensor has been getting out and about in the world.

Two weeks ago we were interviewed for an MTV Brazil show called Mod. It will air in the fall in Brazil, or be available on their website shortly after.

We were also invited to speak and demo the sensor at the NY MeetUp for Quantified Self. This is a very interesting organization that you should know about if you don’t already. http://quantifiedself.com/ is the mothership site. QS has a unique distinction of being a $600 Kickstarter rewards backer. You’ll see their name immortalized in the Pulse Sensor code.

Coming up Tuesday, we were invited to poster at the 1st IEEE EMBS Unconference on Wearable & Ubiquitous Technology for
Health & Wellness in Boston. This is part of the 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. If you are at the conf in Boston, come say hello.

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Yury Gitman — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:06:13 +0000