This week at the IDEA Show in Los Angeles attendees were given a chance to see a product that could help make a “new you.” The NewYu Connected Fitness Monitor and Services is a comprehensive system for monitoring and managing wellness goals all day long. It tracks exercise and everyday activities, providing wearer’s with information on how many calories were burned.
It utilizes motion detection and advanced pattern recognition technology that detects and identifies specific body movements, the small and lightweight NewYu easily clips anywhere on the torso or to the pocket. It can monitor basic activities including walking and running, but also more complex fitness workouts with bikes, elliptical and step machines, and even keep track of activities like cleaning, cooking and shopping. The result is a complete picture of calories burned throughout the day – not just while working out.
“The NewYu team has developed groundbreaking motion detection technology that can distinguish a wide variety of physical movements in the human body. In the fitness market, this unique technology enables us to accurately track both fitness and everyday activities and thus, accurately calculate how many calories are burned throughout the day. The more accurate the tracking, the more likely users are to reach their goals,” said Van Krueger, President and CEO of Wellcore, NewYu’s parent company. “The NewYu Connected Fitness Monitor and Service offer a full-scale solution – from monitor to online tracking to professional management – providing a truly comprehensive wellness and weight management tool.”
The monitor is wearable, and works with the NewYu online dashboard, which lets users track progress and fitness trends via easy-to-read charts that breakdown activities, detail the number of steps, display the number of calories burned vs. calories consumed and show progress toward goals for the current day, week, 30 and 90 days.
With the free NewYu Android app, users can sync data from their monitor to the dashboard in real-time via Bluetooth. Or, users can sync information by connecting the monitor to their computer with a USB adapter. In a matter of seconds, updated information is displayed in easy-to-understand charts. The NewYu Connected Monitor will be available the company website and from select retailers for $99.99, and the way to the “new you” will begin when it is released next month.
Great idea…poorly executed!
Just purchased one of these since my old spring pedometer quit working. Get home and try to setup everything on the website, and its been down for 3 hours now. I guess I will return my NewYu and purchase a FitBit. Thanks Best Buy for selling me a product that I can’t use!
Disgruntled customer
It’s a shame you had such a poor experience. Technology is great when it works. Sometimes you have to spend a little time finding the right device, and setting it up. That’s why we try to cover all the options so you have some information to make a choice. Good luck!