| how does Kokoro know my heart rate? |
| The user wears the Polar heart rate sensor. It is a strap that goes around the body, like this one. It actually works with any of their transmiter models, including the very cool Adidas t-shirts that integrate the sensor. |
| how precise is it? |
| It is very precise and also checks for possible errors by doing averages and eliminating readings that are out of range. |
| why not just use a playlist? |
| Yeah, you can do that. This is an alternative way to listen to music that responds to your body. A playlist can't predict or know what is happening to your body, so this is another way to navigate your music. |
| if my pulse is already racing and it gives me even faster songs that would be awful! |
| Kokoro has 2 ways of over-riding the initial setting of matching your heartrate to your music. The - button tells Kokoro to find music that will help bring your heart rate down gradually. The + button has the opposite effect. |
| If I let it match my music to my heartrate I think I would end up with some very chilled out workout sessions. |
If you know that you're intention is to accelerate your heart rate, you can press the + button and kokoro will find music that will gradually bring your heart rate up.
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| why is it so big? |
| Kokoro is at a prototyping stage, it will get much smaller than this. |
| does the song change or the speed of the song? |
| Currently kokoro changes the song, acting as a DJ. |
| so... my song gets interrupted constantly? |
| No. The songs get mixed, faded in and out so that it's not annoying. It can also be setup to finish every song and then play a faster or slower song, if you prefer to listen to entire songs. |
| how does Kokoro know what song to pick next? |
| Digital music files can store the average beats per minute (bpm) of a song. Most of the songs in our library do not include these information. In iTunes, you can find out the bpm of a song with plugins like Tangerine or Beattunes. This classification is necessary in order to use Kokoro. |
| does it only work with iPod? |
| Currently, it works with any model of iPod with a dock connector. It can be adapted to work on other players as well. |
| I have more questions... |
| Please contact me. |
