pulse rate

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Once in the late 1950s, while building machinery to record sounds a heart makes, he accidentally used the wrong resistor, but its electrical pulse rate was steady, like a heartbeat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The drums can produce melody and, while mellow, come alive with a speed that dramatically raises the pulse rate.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Two months ago, Apple lost a patent case over the technology its smartwatches use to detect people’s pulse rate.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2023

Many of these devices use colored lights, or optical sensors, to measure pulse rate and other variables at the wrist or finger.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2022

He tried to time it, but couldn’t transpose the number of beats per minute measured on his digital watch into a pulse rate because he couldn’t think.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen