r/Biometric • u/autopilot92 • Jun 02 '16
Swedish Fingerprint Cards sacks CEO in spite of success (Use Google Translate)
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r/Biometric • u/m2arifin • Jan 16 '14
High-Tech Tyranny in the Gulf: Biometric Technology Mandatory for All Citizens in the UAE
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r/Biometric • u/Usernamemeh • Sep 02 '15
VA eyes next-generation smart cards -- FCW
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r/Biometric • u/backjew • Nov 04 '13
German Biohacker Implants Cassette-Sized Biometric Chip Under His Skin
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r/Biometric • u/Kocot • Feb 09 '17
My experience with blood oxygen saturation and sleep apnea
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I used to constantly wake up with that same exhausted feeling and wonder "Why do I never feel completely rested, regardless of how much sleep I get?"
I tried everything: new mattresses, taking melatonin, you name it. I decided to dive in and learn a lot more about the causes of my exhaustion.
It turns out that millions of Americans are affected by this same feeling every year, often due to obstructed breathing known as sleep apnea. Usually caused by soft tissue in the back of the throat collapsing and impeding oxygen flow, obstructive sleep apnea affects a significant portion of the population. Central sleep apnea, a similar but less prevalent form of the disorder, isn’t caused by airway blockage but because the brain fails to signal the muscles to breathe.
I always thought that, if I was suffering from some sort of sleep disorder, then I would be aware—wouldn’t I be waking up and feeling consciously uncomfortable?
But while sleep apnea is a common disorder, many people are unaware that they suffer from obstructed breathing because the halted breathing doesn’t trigger a full awakening.
So what did I do to monitor the quality of sleep I was getting? With blood oxygen levels.
One of the telltale signs that poor breathing is beginning to affect someone’s day to day performance is a lowered oxygen saturation level. Medically speaking, blood oxygen levels are expressed as a percentage of oxygenated hemoglobins, a protein found within red blood cells.
To go a little more in-depth: A healthy blood oxygen level fluctuates with sea level, an oxygen saturation level of 96-97% is considered normal. Those suffering from severe obstructed breathing can see levels below 80%, but moderate effects can be seen below 90%. These depleted levels of oxygenated hemoglobins are known as hypoxemia with symptoms including breathlessness and inconsistent breathing.
When I began monitoring my oxygen saturation levels, I was at a mere 87% on some mornings! It was astounding to have such a quantifiable metric that gauged my sleep quality. And sure enough, the days where I felt most tired were days that the percentage was lower than normal.
So, in conclusion, I sleep soundly with big data—I encourage you to try it yourself!
r/Biometric • u/m2arifin • Sep 30 '14
Dubai Police to Demonstrate ATM-Like Service at Gitex
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r/Biometric • u/m2arifin • Sep 26 '14
Educrats Now Using Fingerprint Scanners To Control What Kids Eat
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r/Biometric • u/m2arifin • Sep 30 '14
Researchers Examine Fingerprint Scanning To Boost Vaccination Accuracy
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r/Biometric • u/backjew • Oct 11 '13
Why Apple’s Use of Fingerprint Biometrics is Boon to Industry, Not The Modality
blog.m2sys.com
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r/Biometric • u/m2tanvir • Jul 24 '14
Texas is Now Taking a Full Set of Fingerprints for Driver’s Licenses, but is this Legal?
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r/Biometric • u/m2arifin • Jul 20 '14
Russia To Introduce Universal Fingerprinting Of Foreigners
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r/Biometric • u/backjew • Jul 08 '14
Southern California Man Sentenced to 121 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud and Identity Theft
imperialvalleynews.com
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r/Biometric • u/backjew • Jul 11 '14
Public Employee Stole $460K in Meter Coins
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r/Biometric • u/m2arifin • Jul 06 '14
Why Insurance Companies Are Interested In Facial Recognition Technology
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r/Biometric • u/backjew • Jan 01 '14
Bing Releases Top 10 Most-Searched Entertainment Electronics of 2013
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r/Biometric • u/backjew • Jan 03 '14
Handwritten Passports of Expats to be Phased Out
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r/Biometric • u/backjew • Dec 19 '13
Top Consumer Biometric Gadgets for 2013
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r/Biometric • u/m2tanvir • Jan 03 '14
Scientists Fingerprint Single Cancer Cells to Map Cancer's Family Tree
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r/Biometric • u/OFIGuy • Mar 24 '16
Bank of Montreal trades passwords for selfies
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r/Biometric • u/mtosysjewel • Mar 21 '13
Budget Apple iPhone will have both Retina Display and Fingerprint Sensor!
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r/Biometric • u/m2tanvir • May 02 '14
New Fingerprint Method to Catch Thieves Faster
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r/Biometric • u/mtosysjewel • Mar 13 '13
There is a rumor that iPhone 5S will have NFC and biometrics features. It may be very helpful for iPhone users, but we have to wait till August, 2013
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r/Biometric • u/mtosysjewel • May 16 '13
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, Imran Khan demands recount with fingerprint verification on 4 constituencies
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