Fitbit has finally rolled out its Personal Fitness Checker for the mass market. Priced at $99 a pop, the device clips to your clothes and monitors your daily activities including distances traveled, exercise intensity, sleep patterns, and calorie consumption. The Fitbit uses a 3D motion sensor to obtain important data and will transmit that data to the wireless base station when you are near it. You can then log on to the Fitbit site in order to see your health progress. In addition, the Fitbit Personal Fitness Checker also has an OLED display for monitoring purposes. Its battery provides enough juice for up to 10 days of operation time. [Fitbit]
The HydroWorx L-Series luxurious swim spa delivers additional workout space and a multi-depth exercise. The spa offers spacious stairs, spa jets, and bench seating for up to six people. The just right pool for home, the L-Series combines Jacuzzi area with swim-in-place jets and an underwater treadmill. You can walk or jog on a stainless steel underwater treadmill that is integrated into the pool floor. [HydroWorx]
Samsung and Adidas have proudly teamed up on a fitness phone called the F110 or miCoach which features a heartbeat monitor and step counter, a built-in MP3 player / FM tuner, two-inch LCD and a two-megapixel camera, and comes with 1GB of memory. Now you can actually workout and listen to your fav tunes. [Pocketlint via Upcoming Cell Phones]
New technology developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology (FIRST) in Berlin has invented a new prototype for high-tech virtual home training system, The Fitness@home virtual training system, it transports the mountain training ground – or any other outdoor training scenario – straight into your lounge room. The purpose of this system is to provide integral training by combining exercise with visual and olfactory stimuli and oxygen, thereby creating the most realistic experience possible without leaving the building. The oxygen system will be capable of being integrated with a range of other fitness devices such as treadmills and stationary bikes or as a simulator for activities like boating (pictured). The technology is on display to the public for the first time this week at CeBIT in Hanover. [FIRST]
