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My friend was digging a hole in her garden. Her watch asked her, "are you ok?".
by swayvil 7y ago
My friend was digging a hole in her garden. Her watch asked her, "are you ok?".
- xpe 7y agoAn Apple Watch? How deep was the hole? (Tangent: anyhow, this reminds me of a great aphorism: > If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. This can apply to many situations involving technical debt in software... is it really more effective to do many unseemly hacks rather just fix it properly?)
- swayvil 7y agoYa, apple watch. The hole was a foot or 2.
- segmondy 7y agoDigging is a very strenuous activity as well as shoveling. Anytime there's a major snow storm, enough people die from shoveling. So it probably detected that she was very stressed.
- thanatos_dem 7y agoCan confirm, grandfather died from a heart attack when shoveling snow.
- chubbyrabbit 7y agoMine slipped a disc while shovelling as well. The torso twisting motion is really bad if you have existing back problem.
- Marsymars 7y agoAny time I see someone shovelling a sidewalk or driveway with something other than a sleigh shovel, I'm baffled at why they're not using a sleigh shovel.
- swayvil 7y agoSo it watches your bloodpressure or something? I figured it was the jerking-around. Maybe it looked to the watch like she had fallen down.
- BjoernKW 7y agoIt watches the heartbeat, probably arrhythmias specifically. You can't monitor blood pressure with just a watch. You need a blood pressure cuff for that.
- djsumdog 7y agoIt was probably the same as the fall detection algorithm. Maybe it detected a high drop that didn't move back up (if they were on the ground digging) .. although it should have canceled with movement? Depends how that software was designed. From what the comments say, it seems like the Apple watch only does fall detection (and only if you're over a certain age by default)
- gravelc 7y agoI've had a high heart rate a number of times while stationary, which sets off an alert on the Apple Watch that you may have an issue. Each time, was watching a tight rugby match and getting a little over excited. Nice to know it works as advertised, though.