Will this track and provide recommendations based on the body types of people from different countries?
Show HN: Pulse – the wearable for n=1 habit experiments
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Re: Show HN: Pulse – the wearable for n=1 habit experiments
#22Soooo.. most commenters here created an account 48days ago and only commented ONCE (here). Astroturfing? Definitely doesn't increase my trust in the company promoting Pulse.
i get why that looks suspicious.
we've actually got about 5000 preorders and a closed beta group of ~50 people who've been testing the app with us for months. so that's probably where they're coming from - long-time community members who just don't usually post on HN but got excited to see us launch here. feel free to hop in our Discord and check them out - i can assure you they're not bots lol https://discord.com/invite/pulsemode
definitely understand the skepticism though! happy to answer any other questions about the actual product
Re: Show HN: Pulse – the wearable for n=1 habit experiments
#23I really looking forward for this can't wait for the app and my device!
thanks for the support! really excited to get devices into everyone's hands haha
Re: Show HN: Pulse – the wearable for n=1 habit experiments
#24Been following this project for a while since I was looking for am alternative to whoop. Really looking forward to testing soon
what specifically made you look for a Whoop alternative?
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#25Been testing the beta for a few months now. Really enjoy it. Excited to get my Pulse device.
thanks for being part of the beta! your feedback has been invaluable in getting the experiment framework right. more to come v soon!!
Re: Show HN: Pulse – the wearable for n=1 habit experiments
#26Can decentralized tech like MPC improve trust in health wearables?
good question! MPC is interesting tech but probably overkill for what we're doing. we're exploring more approaches tho. the crypto/privacy tech space moves fast so we're keeping an eye on different solutions.
Re: Show HN: Pulse – the wearable for n=1 habit experiments
#27Dude i love this thing, cant wait for my order to arrive. Some questions : will you ever implement a subscription and how does pulse compare to other app/bracelet combo? Is it at least as accurate as the competition? Also what i envision is that i can sell my health data for at least the price of monthly food haha
on subscription - we're committed to never adding one.
on accuracy - we've been running daily tests against all the major competitors and while results vary device to device, we're definitely in the competitive range. closest results we've seen are with oura actually in terms of numbers.
and yeah on selling health data - that's part of our vision! a marketplace where you can choose to share anonymized data with researchers and actually get paid for it.