Show IH: Your own cyberpunkish wearable (for hackers only)
Hello,
I am Jacob, a biohacker, maker, transhumanist, cybergeek or maybe even more. For a quite long time, I have been building something you might call a small, yet super advanced wearable computer: Aidlab.
What is Aidlab? It's a wearable mini-computer communicating with all devices supporting Bluetooth 4.0+ technology. Aidlab is rich in advanced medical-grade biosensors, capable of collecting vital signals from the body.
Who - so far - is using Aidlab? Geeks, developers, scientists, Hackerspaces, and some universities.
It's really fascinating to have Aidlab on your chest (you can wear Aidlab in two ways: on a chest strap or a special T-shirt) as it feels a bit having own J.A.R.V.IS. from the Iron Man having your back. But I think it's even better to create something by yourself - and make use of data like motion, mood, stress level, heart rate, respiration or temperature in your own projects. That's why I have recently released the first official SDK (aidlab.com/developer) and I am looking for developers' opinion about it!
What you can do with Aidlab SDK? Your own research, build your game (sic!), learn stuff, or integrate it with other IoT devices - all of that with the accompaniment of Aidlab's sensors. I aim to make a widely functional tool, but currently, it's still a very alpha and that's why I am asking IH community for a feedback.
Have a good one!
Hi JD. Looks like a really interesting project! I’m wondering how you validated the performance of your ECG. How does it stack up against a gold standard device? Is this a solution that would let you collect the trace over a 24 hour period, while performing everyday tasks? You mention stress level - how do you collect this? Do you measure heart rate and/or galvanic skin response? If so, again how has this been validated?
Hi @jf_. Aidlab is still in the pre-clinical tests phase, so it's mainly targeted to developers and data geeks willing to support us in further product development. For now, it isn’t intended as a diagnostic tool and won’t be marketed as such until it receives FDA clearance to allow readings for clinical use.
Aidlab is capable to run for up to 1 day of standard using, and as for determining the stress level - we use a mix of changing heart rate and respiration rate to evaluate it.
Still waiting for the feedback :)! Are you a developer?
Still waiting for feedback? Those questions are my feedback, the first of which you didn’t actually answer. Your device is basically a wearable ECG with a thermometer and accelerometers on it, knowing it’s accuracy is the first thing that came to mind. Frankly if you’re marketing to “geeks” as you put it, your site could be heavier on data and lighter on marketing spiel.
Also yes, I am a developer.
So more focus on sensors' quality + data, thanks @jf_!
Sorry if I missed your question - I thought I answered all of them. At least for the validation part, stress level and if Aidlab is capable of measuring for the 24h period. Actually, there is one unanswered question here:
but this is something you can read at least in my post, and from the website (yes, Aidlab is measuring heart rate + is equipped with high-sensitivity electrodes to measure skin's impedance).
What I meant was the performance of your ECG. Saying that it isn’t a medical device doesn’t tell me much about its accuracy. I want to know if it’s reliable or not, the only way of telling is seeing a comparison between it and a standard device. Does such a comparison exist?
I have been on your site but had the impression of having to filter through too much low information marketing copy to find anything. On your site is there more information on the performance of your ECG?