Sensoria: Wearable Computer Socks For Fitness Trackers
Heapsylon, a small startup based in Redmond, Washington, has come up with Sensoria - a special pair of socks, "e-textile" fabric of which contains embedded pressure sensors to check the pressure applied at specific parts of the foot in an attempt to track fitness better. The two founders of Sensoria are Microsofties from the company's XBox Kinect department. As per the startup, the fabric of this sock is soft and not scratchy, and after an evening's run the 'smelly' gadget can be tossed straight into the washer-dryer machine along with other laundry. Now that's cool.
Users have to put on a small Bluetooth-enabled anklet that interacts with the sensors, and transmits data over to a computer or a smartphone. Heapsylon then monitors the data, and offers suggestions to improve user's performance. Say a user is 5'11" and weighs 180 pounds, Heapsylon then studies the pressure data and tells him of the average stride length of other people who share same weight and height, so that he could try bettering his. A major percentage of people have this improper walking/running habits, and this can aggravate serious medical problems in the long run. Those who seek no injury may check this out, for Sensoria reveals whether a person is landing too hard on his heel, or whether he's landing at an unsafe angle, and it does so in real-time. This information shall be delivered through a web client or an application.
This revolutionary wearable computing product may be targeting just runners for now, but the possibilities it sketches up are endless, like- golfers may check how much weight they're shifting during individual strokes, skiers can monitor their turns, etc. The same tech could be designed as a different garment too.
The team's hoping to sell the first pair for about $150, and following three packs for $60, starting sometime in 2014.
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Users have to put on a small Bluetooth-enabled anklet that interacts with the sensors, and transmits data over to a computer or a smartphone. Heapsylon then monitors the data, and offers suggestions to improve user's performance. Say a user is 5'11" and weighs 180 pounds, Heapsylon then studies the pressure data and tells him of the average stride length of other people who share same weight and height, so that he could try bettering his. A major percentage of people have this improper walking/running habits, and this can aggravate serious medical problems in the long run. Those who seek no injury may check this out, for Sensoria reveals whether a person is landing too hard on his heel, or whether he's landing at an unsafe angle, and it does so in real-time. This information shall be delivered through a web client or an application.
This revolutionary wearable computing product may be targeting just runners for now, but the possibilities it sketches up are endless, like- golfers may check how much weight they're shifting during individual strokes, skiers can monitor their turns, etc. The same tech could be designed as a different garment too.
The team's hoping to sell the first pair for about $150, and following three packs for $60, starting sometime in 2014.
Check the video to know more:
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