In this Indian city, smartwatches are part of the solution to dealing with searing heat
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A wristwatch-style health monitor to study how heat affects vulnerable communities is worn by Shantaben Vanzara at her house in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Field data collector Manisha Parmar gathers information from a logging device tied to the roof inside a house in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)A man applies reflective paint on the roof of a house to reduce indoor heat in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)A youth bathes outside his home amid high temperatures in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Data collector Komal Parmar, right, talks with Sapnaben Chunara to get heat related information in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Sapnaben Chunara works on a sewing machine inside her house in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)A device that tracks the temperature and other data is tied to the roof of a home in Vanzara Vas, a low-income neighborhood, in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Field data collector Manisha Parmar, left, checks the temperature of Shantaben Vanzara in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Shantaben Vanzara, wearing a wristwatch-style health monitor to study how heat affects vulnerable communities, wipes her face inside her house in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)People walk through buildings in Vanzara Vas, a low-income neighborhood, in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)FILE - People wheel in a heat stroke patient, covered in ice cube bags, at a hospital in Ahmadabad, India, May 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)Puja Vanzara, wearing a wristwatch-style health monitor to study how heat affects vulnerable communities, works at her house in Vanzara Vas in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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A wristwatch-style health monitor to study how heat affects vulnerable communities is worn by Shantaben Vanzara at her house in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)