EXPERIMENT OF WEIGH CHECKS YOUR HEART ALSO!
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| A prototype bathroom scale not only measures the user's weight, but heart also. |
People being monitored for heart conditions currently have to go into a
hospital or clinic on a regular basis, to have an electrocardiogram
performed on them. Researchers
from Spain’s Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya have developed a
bathroom scale that performs the procedure right in the user’s home.
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| Scaling your weight and heart |
The device contains electrodes in its platform that make contact with
the user’s feet, along with electrodes in its two wired handles that
make contact with their hands. It can be used in a standing or seated
position.
The electrodes provide a total of four contact points – traditionally, a
proper electrocardiogram would require 12, although this would involve
placing electrodes on the patient’s chest. Nonetheless, the data
provided by the scale is apparently sufficient for physicians to keep
track of the electrical activity of the patient’s heart.






















