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The “Vital Sign Detection & Healthcare”[1] section is very interesting, thank you! I am looking for a way to measure the heartbeat of a single person in a completely non-invasive manner (so without contact) and I see that it can be done with Wi-Fi (2019 Paper [2]). However, I’ve noticed that there are a lot of methods (video analysis, thermal camera, etc.), but they are hard to find as ready-made products at a reasonable price. The simplest solution is under-mattress sleep trackers, but unfortunately they are not an option for me.

1. https://github.com/Marsrocky/Awesome-WiFi-CSI-Sensing#vital-...

2. https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.05108




> measure the heartbeat of a single person in a completely non-invasive manner

NIST, "Monitoring Respiratory Motion with Wi-Fi CSI" (2022), https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/12/wi-fi-could-he... & https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3230003

Google: Nest Hub sleep sensing for one person, with Fitbit Premium, https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/how-to-track-your-s...


Interesting. I'd be interested in a breathing sensor that can work on someone working at a computer.


I’m sure it can be done with a normal camera and enough light, especially with the advancement of AI technologies in recent years. I haven’t had time to experiment, but if you have an iPhone, you can try this app [1] I installed yesterday to study its feasibility.

On the homepage, there is a video [2] explaining more as well, and their paper [3].

1. https://www.rouast.com/vitallens/

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0HHjovI8hc

3. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.06892


Intel Meteor Lake+ platforms can use NPU for WiFi 7 Sensing.

Presence (commercial): https://community.intel.com/t5/Blogs/Tech-Innovation/Client/...

Breathing (research): https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/research/respiration...

For older Intel wifi radios, there is custom firmware and many research papers: https://dhalperi.github.io/linux-80211n-csitool/




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