In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BIOFEEDBACK
biofeedback
(noun) a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
biofeedback (countable and uncountable, plural biofeedbacks)
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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