Essentially, the researchers took genetic copies who had become different in body weight and used 3 - day food logs and 7 days
of accelerometer data to get a very rough estimation whether food and diet could explain most of the difference in body weight between the two.
The researchers computed a genetic risk score for each participant based on 76 common variants known to be associated with elevated risk of obesity, and analyzed this score in the context
of accelerometer data and participants» BMIs.
Not exact matches
Uber admitted, however, that it is considering increased monitoring
of driver behavior and is using a pilot program in its Houston operations to check on drivers using GPS
data and the
accelerometer in drivers» smartphones.
One such posting in Glassdoor, for instance, said that the new company takes in a lot
of data, including heart rate,
accelerometer readings, or readings from other sensors.
I have followed with interest developments over the last few years in the emerging field
of impact sensors: small microchip - sized
accelerometers and gyroscopes embedded in mouth guards, chin straps, skull caps, ear buds, skin patches and attached to the inside and outside
of helmets which, in either send
data to sideline personnel or flash an alert about a heavy hit.
Researchers looked at
data from 549 healthy adolescents between the ages
of 12 and 16 in Baltimore, Md., and Seattle, Wash., who wore
accelerometer and global positioning system trackers during waking hours at home, at school, in their neighborhoods and other locations.
Accelerometers measured participants» physical activity for four days, providing
data on each child's levels
of sedentary, moderate, vigorous and moderate - to - vigorous physical activity.
«The device takes a picture
of the street every second, which combines with
accelerometer data, which measures the ride quality.
In contrast, the new study made use
of wrist
accelerometer data, which is more objective and quantifiable, and a large genetic dataset from about 85,000 UK Biobank participants aged 40 to 70.
It comes equipped with a multitude
of sensors such as a tri-axis compass, an
accelerometer, and an altimeter allowing you to not only map your trips but to track your elevation and other
data.
A tiny
accelerometer measures running distance and speed and reports the
data back, in real time, via an Apple iPod, iTouch or, as
of a few months ago, a small wristband.
Examples
of projects include: Cyclesense — CENS is designing an application that runs on mobile phones that enables bike commuters to log their bike route using GPS and provide geo - tagged annotations (images, text notes) along with automatic sensor
data (
accelerometer / sound) to infer the roughness and traffic density
of the road.
Researchers designed an app, described in 2017 in IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, to extract the
data signatures
of various subway routes from
accelerometer readings.
The app records
accelerometer data continually, and after a confirmed earthquake will also send five minutes
of data to the researchers, starting one minute before the quake and ending four minutes after.
The sensors are part
of module that includes 3 - D
accelerometers and three axis gyroscopes as well as a wireless transmitter that sends
data about Kimura's bowing to her computer as she plays.
Using
data from the GPS stations, an
accelerometer that measures ground motion in Kathmandu,
data from seismological stations around the world, and radar images collected by orbiting satellites, an international team
of scientists led by Caltech has pieced together the first complete account
of what physically happened during the Gorkha earthquake — a picture that explains how the large earthquake wound up leaving the majority
of low - story buildings unscathed while devastating some treasured taller structures.
The
accelerometers enabled the scientists to obtain
data about the length
of time they spent on physical activities
of different degrees
of intensity, or sedentary activities like watching TV.
The central control unit processing
data delivered by three
accelerometers and adjusting the four dampers independently
of one another enables the suspension to respond very quickly to even the slightest change in driving and road conditions.
This is designed to analyze
data that the
accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass have to offer and is aimed at creating a new crop
of health oriented apps.
1.2 GHz processor 3.7 - inch 800 x 480 capacitive display Quad - band GSM / GPRS / EDGE Tri-band UMTS / HSPA 5 - megapixel camera with 720p video recording 8 GB eMMC (storage for apps and
data), 512 MB
of RAM microSD slot Magnetometer Proximity sensor
Accelerometer Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 2.4 GHz b / g / n and 5 GHz a / n Wi - Fi + UMA 3G Mobile hotspot Optical trackpad 1230 mAh battery BlackBerry OS 6.1 OpenGL ES 2.0
* Dimension: 256.6 x 175.3 x 9.7 mm * Weight: 588g * Display: 16M - color 10.1 ″ PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen
of WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels) * OS: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, TouchWiz UI * Chipset: 1 GHz dual - core processor * Camera: 3.2 MP autofocus camera with 1080p video recording; VGA front - facing camera * Memory: 16 / 32 GB
of inbuilt storage, expandable via a microSD card slot * Connectivity: Voice and
data connectivity with quad - band GSM / GPRS / EDGE and quad - band (850 / 900/1900 / 2100 MHz) UMTS, 21 Mbps HSDPA and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps support, video calls, dual - band Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, Wi - Fi Direct, Assisted GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 30 - pin connector * Battery: 7,000 mAh * Misc: Gyro sensor,
accelerometer sensor for automatic UI rotation, ambient light sensor, Adobe Flash Player 11 support, DivX / XviD support, TV - out (adapter required), USB host (via an adapter)
The combination
of the controller's easily identifiable light source and the Eye are likely primarily used to place objects in the player's hand in realtime on the screen, and also to track the controller at a coarse level to supplement the
data sent by the
accelerometer and gyro.
The rate sensor in cooperation with the
accelerometer gives precise
data of the exact angle
of the device.
The app automatically logs every trip a rider takes (it works by using the phone's
accelerometer, gyroscope, and an algorithm to sense that a user is biking) and thus gathers a lot
of short - trip
data that was previously very difficult to collect and study.
Once they have gathered enough
data, the team plans to link the
data from the
accelerometers to mechanical actuators or aerelons, the flat panels on airplanes that help direct airflow, on the ends
of the blades and to a control panel.
It measures steps, stairs climbed, calories burned, sleep, distance traveled throughout the day (relying on
accelerometer data), heart rate, resting heart rate, cardio score (an approximation
of VO2 max, based on cardio exercise
data), and a variety
of specific exercises.
But the updated sleep tracking system with more precise tools is designed to utilize the
accelerometer, heart rate variability
data and the algorithm to tell us about every phase
of the sleep mode.
Three - axis
accelerometer Vibration motor OLED tap display Saves seven days
of motion
data Saves daily totals for 30 days Elastomer band comes in small, large and extra large
The N1 (pictured, top) looks like a regular pair
of headphones, but a three - axis
accelerometer allows it to function as a pedometer, gathering
data on your mobility.
Some
of that
data will come from the 9 - axis sensor that gives you gyro,
accelerometer and compass functions - in other words this acts as a step counter.
The API uses low - power signals from a wide range
of sensors to determine what the user is doing, relying on things like Bluetooth, Wi - Fi, gyroscope,
accelerometer, and location
data from cell towers and GPS.
For example: Utter «OK Google... show me my steps,» and the G Watch will whisk you away to one
of Android Wear's famous context cards, revealing the step
data recorded by the watch's
accelerometer.
The author, an engineering manager at Facebook named Ben Chen, wrote that it was not merely possible to detect that two smartphones were in the same place at the same time, but that by comparing the
accelerometer and gyroscope readings
of each phone, the
data could identify when people were facing each other or walking together.
It combines the readings from your compass and
accelerometer to create a virtual gyroscope
of sorts, then fools apps into thinking that this
data is coming from a real gyroscope sensor.
The Nike + Move app is the first to take advantage
of the new M7 processor found in the iPhone 5S, which enables the handset to gather
data from the
accelerometer, gyroscope and compass.
On Apple devices, there's also an M co-processor (the latest
of which is the M11) designed to process the sensor
data from the
accelerometer, gyroscope and compass so the main, thirstier CPU isn't having to do the work and so reducing power consumption.
This includes access to the microphone and speaker on the device, the ability to play short videos, access to real - time heart rate
data, HomeKit control, make use
of the
accelerometer, Taptic Engine and Digital Crown.
Google Fit, Google's activity platform, does a decent job
of estimating calorie burn with
accelerometer and gyroscope
data, but not always accurately — in a jogging comparison between the Quartz and Fitbit Alta HR, for example,, the Quartz recorded about 300 calories burned compared to the more accurate Alta's roughly 200.
The M7 motion coprocessor is a module independent
of the CPU, which collects
data from the gyroscope,
accelerometer, and compass.
Construct validity was assessed in 76
of the questionnaires, mostly by correlations with
accelerometer data, maximal oxygen uptake or activity diaries.
MVPA models were estimated using
data from families whose children wore the
accelerometer for at least 4
of 7 days and had valid
data for all predictors (N = 311 for authoritative and authoritarian models and 313 for permissive models).