Beat: Heart Monitoring Application

Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) is a heart and blood disorderthat affects people globally. CVD can be chronic if there is no earlyprevention. Our heart monitoring application, Beat is apersonalized heart rate detector using smartphones andsmartwatches that aims to assist in preventing CVD through themonitoring of heart rate. Machine learning algorithms were alsoincorporated into the application. This project shows that theusage of heart rate monitors can be used not only for sports butalso in medical fields by alerting heart patients contacts wheneverabnormal heart rates are detected. Beat application is a simple, accurate, and low-cost system that uses a smartwatch to detectheart rate and analyze the data on the user's smartphones. Machine learning algorithms were also developed by our team todetect abnormalities in heart rate. This product is suitable for thepublic especially for the elderly and for patients with heart disease. Therefore, a portable and low-cost health monitor device isachievable without the need for expensive hospital equipment, justby using a smartwatch and this application.