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		hprotagonist on Sept 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Ap... No. You have to really take a hit -- and you have to fail to cancel the 60 second (very loud and annoying) countdown, too.

dsfyu404ed on Sept 25, 2019 [–]

I can think of a lot of things you can do that will make the portion of your body that the watch is attached to take a really hard hit. How does it not have a high false positive rate?

rohit2412 on Sept 25, 2019 | [–]

Exactly. If it is just detecting falling down from standing position, I can imagine several things causing that

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