Senior citizens are n’t usually the first people lining up to buy the recent high - technical school gadget , but Apple ’s new Series 4 watch could provide a potentially life - saving service to the elderly — and others . AsThe Telegraphreports , the watch is equipped with technology adequate to of detecting when someone has fallen .
If a hard dusk occurs , a message on the telephone dial propel the wearer to take “ hand brake SOS ” or “ I fell , but I ’m OK . ” If the exploiter is still for 60 second gear subsequently , the watch automatically places a call to emergency responders , and sends a content to emergency contacts with location selective information .
The sentinel , whose features were spotlight at the yearly Apple production launch in Silicon Valley on Wednesday , could prove a serious competitor to Life Alert , a popular medical alert system .
An accelerometer and gyroscope inside the watch allow it to analyze the wearer ’s “ wrist flight and impact acceleration , ” according to an Applestatement , but determining when someone has fall is n’t so elementary . Apple had to figure out a specific algorithmic program base on a range of corporal motions .
“ Identifying a declivity sound straightforward , but it need a heavy amount of data point and psychoanalysis , ” Jeff Williams , Apple ’s chief operating policeman , said . “ With free fall , there ’s this repeatable motion pattern that fall out . When you trip , your arms go forward ; but when you slip , your blazonry go upward . ”
This is n’t the only young health feature , either . The new Apple Watch also contain an electrical bosom rate sensor , which permit it take an electrocardiogram ( ECG or EKG ) and monitor for any irregularities . This marks the first time a product containing an EKG is available over - the - tabulator to consumer , according toThe Telegraph .
The GPS translation of the Apple Watch Series 4 is price at $ 399 , and the GPS and cellular poser costs $ 499 . Orders can be placed beginning September 14 , and watches will be available in store on September 21 .
[ h / tThe Telegraph ]
