Sometimes we question the decisions companies make as it seems they are out of touch with their consumers, but last week Mio have announced the release of a software upgrade for its Cyclo 300 computer. This come based on a combination of custom-based feedback along with advances in technology.
Improvements include better navigation instruction, with greater visibility and intuitiveness with the maps, while other new functionality includes the ability to change preferences in advance of routes. Users can also edit and even delete their history, tracks, and points of interests. In total there have been more than 150 improvements made.
This free update is available through MioShare’s desktop application, which can be found on the system drive of the Cyclo device.
There are plenty of golf aids out there, but the SwingTIP from Mobiplex features new motion sensor technology that offer real time analysis of each swing. A sensor mounts to the club while software on the user’s mobile phone can provide ways golfers can improve their game by tracking performance stats, providing video-like swing animations and offering other tips based on what the golfer is doing right or wrong.
StickNFind has introduced its new BluTracker, a Bluetooth 4.0 GPS locator that offers a range of 2500 feet. This portable tracking device runs on a rechargeable battery and it is compatible with iOS and Android apps. The device features an integrated and customized RF design and antenna, can broadcast its last known position, and can even alert users when something is moved. In this case it could be good for ensuring that a user’s items aren’t snatched – good to make sure that a bear doesn’t run off with your picnic basket for example. But it could also be used to keep a virtual tether on the young ones while out in the wild while camping. 
Fitbug is making a big splash at this year’s International CES. The company has introduced its new Wow scale, which features Bluetooth Smart ready technology to allow those stepping on to wirelessly sync data in real time to their mobile devices. The data can be further integrated with the Fitbug Air, the tracking device recently launched by Fitbug, or from the fitbug.com website. This will allow users to track and work towards achieving their personal health goals.
We’ve seen a lot of ways to track your workout, but at this week’s 2013 International CES in Las Vegas Xsens will showcasing the world’s first wearable 3D body motion tracking system. It utilizes consumer grade MEMS combo sensors, and has the potential for use in wearable sports, fitness, healthcare and gaming applications. It provides real-time 3D body motion data that can digitize the wearer’s exact movements for immediate feedback and live sharing. 
There is no reason to go to the drugstore to test one’s blood pressure. At this week’s 2013 International CES Fitbug will officially unveil its first Bluetooth low energy blood pressure monitor that will allow users to send and view pulse measurements on a mobile device. The Fitbug Luv promises to simplify tracking of blood pressure measurements including Systolic pressure (SYS) and Diastolic pressure (DIA). The Luv monitor systems syncs with Bluetooth Smart ready iOS devices, and will be available mid-2013.
The 2013 International CES (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show) is just days away and The Consumer Electronics Association announced that the show will feature a record amount of exhibit space, with the show floor totaling more than 1.87 million net square feet – up from last year’s record setting 1.862 million net square feet.
We know the saying, “give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, but give a man a fishing pole and he’ll never go hungry again.” To that we’ll add, “give the man the POLETAP SMARTROD and won’t need to waste time sitting with a fishing pole.” The concept here is actually for the angler who wants to use several lines and doesn’t want to worry about an unmanned rod hooking the big one.
Another year is (almost) behind us. Here are look at the best and worst of 2012 in fitness and well-being.
The company that makes a number of products for other companies bought a stake in rugged camera maker GoPro. Foxconn is widely known for making Apple’s iPhone and iPad but also makes the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360.
Strava apparently had a very good year. The activity tracking system released some details on usage for 2012. According to the company Strava athletes rode and ran 500 million miles, or 85 percent of the length of Earth’s annual trip around the sun. Strava cyclists ascended over six million meters, equal to the entire peloton in the Tour de France climbing Alpe d’Huez 30,000 times!
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