Monday, January 6, 2014

Footslogger tracks your fitness through your feet(Fraunhofer smartrunning shoe)

http://www.gizmag.com/footlogger-tracking-insole/30297/


This device is a insole in your shoe to track what you do. It has 8 pressure sensors to track your fitness. The insoles are very light and unobtrusive.

Each insole can log up on flash memory 50,000 steps. While counting footprints it has a 24 hour battery life so it does not die throughout the day. When you charge your insoles you place it on the dock or also known as the shoe station.

During the charge the insoles automatically send the information to the 3L labs internet based server where it's analyzed. The results are sent back by a text or a dedicated smartphone app. These insoles can find  early conditions predictions of dementia or spinal disease.  Also reports gait assessment fall detection, rehabilitation monitoring. It will be commercially available in the second half of the year for the price of $100.
An exploded view of the FootLogger insole

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