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Teaching my Apple Watch where my hand is
01 Sep 26 | Michael Martyn | fitness, wearables, tech | 8 min read

The question Can one determine where a person is holding their wrist using nothing but the accelerometer and gyroscope in an Apple Watch Series 8? The candidate positions are a coat pocket, a jeans pocket, an arm hanging by the side, a forearm raised for …

#wearables #fitness #machine-learning
Wearable data analytics: A year-long exploration of smartwatches and data engineering
02 Oct 23 | Michael Martyn | fitness, wearables, tech | 4 min read

Intro This project began as an attempt to put three separate interests in the same place: a hobbyist’s enthusiasm for fitness and wearables, a professional background in data engineering and data science, and a wish to spend more time in cloud infrastructure and web development. …

#wearables #fitness
5 Apple Watch predictions / wishlist @ Apple "Wonderlust" (Sep 2023)
12 Sep 23 | Michael Martyn | tech | 2 min read

Here are 5 predictions (really my own wishes) for the upcoming updated Apple Watch products at Apple’s “Wonderlust” even on Tues, 12 Sep 2023. Apple Watch Ultra 2.0 - the Apple Watch Ultra was a surprise and a big upgrade for outdoor enthusiasts at the …

#tech
2023 Travels - India (April/May)
05 Jun 23 | Michael Martyn | travel | 14 min read

Written by myself & Zoë on June 5th 2023 Connaught Place, Delhi, India Twenty-two hours of travelling from Los Angeles to Delhi via Paris we touched down in a daze. The conveyor belt slowly emptied but Michael’s backpack was nowhere to be found. The meek …

#travel