TRUSTED REVIEWS - Oct 19 - An update to the Train & Run app for iOS and Android allows the device to stretch beyond its real-time coaching and heart-rate monitoring, wearers will now be able to set daily and weekly targets for steps, distance and calories and keep track of them along the way, as they work towards goals.
by Chris Smith
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MASHABLE - Sep 5 - Just one month after Adidas acquired the popular fitnesss app Runtastic, the new pairing has already birthed a new product that looks like a watch and tracks steps taken, calculates calories burned and monitors sleep patterns. In addition to connecting via Bluetooth with Runtastic's app, the device also provides vibration and LED alerts.
VATOR - Aug 5 - Runtastic provides a sports tracking and management solution that includes both hardware and software. Its over 20 apps include a pedometer, an altimeter and a heart rate monitor. There are apps decided to mountain biking, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, squats, leg exercises, butt exercises and a nutrition quiz. Its main app, Runtastic Me, syncs to the Runtastic Orbit wearable, which tracks sleep and fitness.
THE DRUM - Nov 27 - As a result of the deal, users of Adidas’ wearable technology and fitness trackers will be able to enjoy music from a library of 34 million tracks while they exercise. Users will be able to access tracks while offline if they sign up for the six-month ad-free service.
by John McCarthy
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JAGRAN - Sep 16 - The 'miCoach Smart Run', priced at Rs 24,999, allow users to monitor heart rate, play music, and track their runs using GPS mapping. Bluetooth wireless audio delivers music and audible coaching guidance to solve problems of flailing headphone cables and music players.
CNBC – Aug 19 – Major League Soccer teams, such as the San Jose Earthquakes, are using wearables designed by Adidas to monitor players' health and performance. The sensors are placed into pockets in the undershirts, sending real-time data to the coaching staff's iPad.
NY TIMES – July 10 – Adidas has introduced its Fit Smart fitness tracker, which will go on sale for $199 in mid-August. It will track distance traveled, pace, calories burnt, and heart rate. The data is transferred to the miCoach app, where users set up their training program. Fit Smart uses LED lights and vibrations to notify the user to speed up or slow down based on their heart rate.
ECONOMIST - Mar 11 - Developments in the use of conductive fibres mean fabric itself can now become an electronic device, allowing wearables to be incorporated into the most stylish clothing. Intelligent Textiles has worked with the British and Canadian armed forces to produce combat fatigues with pathways of conductive fibres to deliver power to the equipment which soldiers wear. The Advanced Textiles Research Group at Nottingham Trent University have embroidered antennae onto shirts using silver-coated thread. It can be used to transmit and receive radio signals. Researchers have also used conductive yarn to embroider alphanumeric and musical keyboards into fabric. Adidas has started knitting conductive fibres into stretchy garments to produce “textile electrodes”. These are only a few square centimetres in size and can pick up signals from the heart and other muscles.
