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AquaBeat

 

Group 7 Members:
Jeff Towle, David Giger, George Ban-Weiss, Rohit Gupta

Over the past several years many health organizations including the National Institute of Health have found a direct correlation between heart rate during exercise and a person’s aerobic fitness level. Swimming provides a full-body workout without the harsh joint-fatiguing effects of high-impact sports. In the past, a swimmer’s only way of monitoring heart rate has been to stop and manually take their pulse with fingers and a stopwatch. The AquaBeat Heart Rate Monitor was conceived to halt this antiquated technique and provide a more convenient and seamless method of monitoring heart rate. The AquaBeat workout experience begins by choosing or personalizing a workout using our easy to use, full-feature, graphical user interface. Once the swimmer starts the workout, his heart rate data is sent to a personal computer using cutting-edge wireless technology where it is saved for later comparison of the swimmer’s actual versus target heart rate. The swimmer will stay within his target heart rate range by adjusting the intensity of the workout in response to three Light Emitted Diodes (LEDs), strategically positioned inside the goggle eyecup as to not interfere with sight, but to be easily seen with peripheral vision. With the AquaBeat heart rate monitoring system any swimmer can achieve a perfect workout.

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