Soumyajyoti Maji, Trinity College Dublin ABSTRACT: Currently, gel-less electrodes are primarily employed in heart-rate monitors used largely in the field of sports and athletics. These devices only measure and display the value of the wearer’s heart-rate on a beat-to-beat basis. This information is largely used in an athletic training capacity rather than any clinical role. While these devices detect the ECG signal they do not preserve the morphology or profile of the signal which carries the clinical information on the…