Beltless Heart Rate Monitor Power Glove

By Rocky Thompson on July 9th, 2007

This hand-wrapping heart rate monitor relies on a technology called Plethysmography to measure your heart rate and blood pressure without requiring you to wear a belt around your chest. A sensor measures light reflected by the bloodstream in your finger artery, which is why the watch is bigger than a first generation Nintendo controller. Â The Beurer PM 100 Pulshur costs about $226.

via OhGizmo!

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3 Responses to “Beltless Heart Rate Monitor Power Glove”

1. Techweenie Todd July 9th, 2007 at 2:46 pm

   Badass. Look nerdy, enjoy the benefits of a heart rate monitor, and avoid dealing with those stupid chest straps that have to be adjusted juuuuuust right or they tell you your heart has stopped beating or is beating at 255 beats per minute, and either way you’re dead.

2. bryantp July 9th, 2007 at 4:07 pm

   Michael Jackson would wear one….whatever that means. Functional dance aerobics? Saturday Nite wheezer?

3. KirouOutdoor » Blog Archive » Beurer Beltless Heartrate monitor - The Outdoor gear blog July 10th, 2007 at 12:24 am

   [...] The PM 100 is a beltless heartrate monitor from german company Duerer. It measures heartrate via something called “Plethysmography”, explained by Deurer: A sensor lights the finger artery and thus reflects the bloodstream. Besides measuring your heartrate it shows: calorie consumption, time, stop watch, alarm and can store up to 8 lap times. Duerer via The Goat [...]