Month: December 2021

I recently (Dec 2021) bought an Amazon Fire 10 HD tablet when they were on special offer. I was not sure if OpenSeizureDetector would work on it because it is Amazon’s own version of Android and it does not have Google apps installed on it.

I am pleased to report that it does work, but to install OpenSeizureDetector and Garmin Connect from the Google Play Store, I had to install Google Play Store from the apkmirror.com web site. You need to download the .apk files for the latest versions of the following apps:

• Google Play Services (I got version 21.45.16)
• Google Play Store (I have version 28.2.10-21)

They will install on the fire tablet provided you go into settings -> security & privacy -> “Apps from Unknown Sources” and enable installing apps from unknown sources.

Once you have done that you can open Google Play Store, sign in, and download Garmin Connect and OpenSeizureDetector as per the usual instructions.

There is no particular driver for using an Amazon Fire device rather than another android device, except that they are often on special offer and quite cheap in that case (provided you can tolerate the adverts!).

Graham (graham@openseizuredetector.org.uk)

Back at the start of 2020 I drafted an updated Privacy Policy for OpenSeizureDetector to allow users to (optionally) share their seizure detector data to allow us to build up an open source database of data associated with real seizures and also activities that lead to false alarms. The idea is that we will use this data to develop better seizure detector algorithms and also compare the real-world reliability of OpenSeizureDetector to other devices such as the Empatica Embrace to see how they compare.

My day job got very busy so I didn’t get the database or changes to the OpenSeizuredetector phone app finished, but am starting to work on it again now.

Please will you look at the updated Privacy Policy as described here: https://www.openseizuredetector.org.uk/?p=1417 and feed back your thoughts on it (both positive and negative!) either by email to graham@openseizuredetector.org.uk, or if you prefer in the comments to this post on the Facebook Page (https:/facebook.com/openseizuredetector).

Thanks

Graham (graham@openseizuredetectororg.uk)