If you're worried about dropping dead of a heart attack, the Asus Vit W1 Wireless Laser mouse can make you even more worried. It's a standard mouse with a BUILT-IN HEART RATE MONITOR. A mini application shows a smiley face with a happy, medium or freaked out expression based on your heart rate. (props to Everything USB)
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I think you have missed the point. The reason why this might be useful is not because it is a bpm like other exercise monitors i.e. Polar.
But a biofeedback hrv(variability) that, rather than sensing how stressed your body is, measures how stressed your mind is.
There is a far bit of study showing how this can help people with angina/hight blood pressure/anxiety disorder etc. Although in an Orwellian environment it could also be used to monitor staff, or produce games that are able to sense how excited you are by different things, and modify its self accordingly. etc..
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