Next Big Thing – Philips Vital Signs camera

An app about the best road signs? Yawn.

Sigh. This isn’t a list of important safety notices, it’s an app which measures the vital signs of your fleshy, mortal body as it inches ever closer to its demise.

Melodramatic much? How does it work?

Philips claims that its nifty app can utilise the iPad 2’s camera to detect your heart rate by picking up variations in the colour of your face as a result of your beating pulse. Breathing is measured by the movement of your shoulders and all data can naturally (and rather pointlessly) be shared with your friends.

So my GP’s days are numbered?

Definitely not. Although a handy feature, Philips wisely states that it should in no way replace a professional medical diagnosis. If you fancy seeing how your ticker matches up against your iPad then head on over here to pick up the Vital Signs app for 69p.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home