No silicone Oura rings? I'm not wearing any metal rings after reading about degloving and other horrors.
Almost all of those are work-related or in specific activities like sailing. You are not gonna get degloved writing redux selectors or whatever.
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#12I'd be to pay a premium for a device like this if I wasn't limited to the manufacturers own app for collecting and interpreting data. As is? Nah...
I was curious about getting one of these things, and your comment prompted me to find this - looks like it's totally possible to collect & interpret yourself: https://github.com/Pinta365/oura_api
That appears to be connecting to Oura's servers, collecting the data they choose to share.
You are still at the whim of the company, who can turn off that data spigot any time it becomes expedient for them.
There's no way to get the data off of the device and use it yourself, without the same data going to their servers.
You pay hundreds of dollars for a device that doesn't let you use it, and rely on the kindness of the company to know your own heartrate.
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#13I'd be curious to hear from Oura Ring fans what they find so useful about them beyond the initial period where you get to diagnose poor sleep patterns and maybe a low step count. What value do you get out of it long term?
I don't wear a ring, but I am a smart watch wearer: Longer term heart monitoring is useful for me to see if there's any trends I should raise with doctors.
Similarly, blood oxygen (very inconsistent measurements on my pixel watch), body temperature, and heart rate variability could also be useful to measure/trend
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#14No silicone Oura rings? I'm not wearing any metal rings after reading about degloving and other horrors.
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#15Is there much research being performed into implantable health monitors?
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#16No silicone Oura rings? I'm not wearing any metal rings after reading about degloving and other horrors.
Almost all of those are work-related or in specific activities like sailing. You are not gonna get degloved writing redux selectors or whatever.
> You are not gonna get degloved writing redux selectors or whatever.
Right, just buy the fitness tracker and make sure to only wear it indoors while not performing physical activities.
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#17No silicone Oura rings? I'm not wearing any metal rings after reading about degloving and other horrors.
When your in a situation where it is possible, just remove the ring for the activity. Simple as that. I had those concerns with my wedding band when I deployed back when I was in the Navy. I also worked a job where is was possible, like doing maintenance on a piece of equipment. So when I needed to do maintenance, ring came off, when the maintenance was complete, ring went back on.
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#18Is there much research being performed into implantable health monitors?
Why would you want it implantable? I mean, I get why, but at the speed the tech evolves do you want to cut yourself up just to implant something that will be obsolete in a few years?
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#19No silicone Oura rings? I'm not wearing any metal rings after reading about degloving and other horrors.
Almost all of those are work-related or in specific activities like sailing. You are not gonna get degloved writing redux selectors or whatever.
> You are not gonna get degloved writing redux selectors or whatever.
Made me chuckle. Watch me!
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#20I'd be to pay a premium for a device like this if I wasn't limited to the manufacturers own app for collecting and interpreting data. As is? Nah...
It looks like Oura at least writes to Apple Health [1], so there's some portability.
[1] https://support.ouraring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025438734-...