Atlas (Austin, TX) is developing a new fitness tracker that stands out from the plethora of similar devices on the market due to its accurate exercise identification capability. Most fitness trackers do a good job as pedometers, but are unable to accurately quantify exercise routines that involve repeated motion of the arms, such as while swimming or playing tennis. The Atlas fitness tracker can reportedly identify simple hand motions and can distinguish between push-ups and triangle push ups.
Like most other fitness trackers, the Atlas logs the workouts and calories burned with minimal input from the user. The device has an on-wrist display that provides instantaneous workout results to the user in the form of heart rate, calories burned, intensity of exercise, and the number of repetitions completed. The tracker syncs to an iOS app (as well as third party apps like Fitocracy and MapMyFitness) that processes the data from the tracker to only provide the user a graph of their daily workout results, but can also provide feedback in the form of posture and balance while performing certain exercises. The Atlas, that has 3D tracking for exercise identification, allows the user to see how his or her body is affected by certain exercises and provides estimates for body recovery time.
Atlas is currently running a very successful crowdfunding campaign to raise money for further product development, and has already exceeded its target amount on Indiegogo.
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Indiegogo campaign: Atlas: The First Fitness Tracker that Actually Tracks Your Workout…