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Before wearables came onto the scene, only Olympic athletes had access to real-fourth dimension assay of their workouts. Now, your average Joe can strap on a fitness band or pop on a smartwatch and get a breakdown of his entire workout. At that place'southward too an entire industry based on high-tech article of clothing that can mensurate your fitness action. Sensoria is 1 company that focuses exclusively on fettle gear that uses tech to aid people improve their health and reach their fitness goals.

"Yous're not wearing anything else, only any you wanted to wear that day — just a t-shirt, a pair of socks, and a pair of shoes."

Nosotros sat downwardly with Sensoria CEO Davide Vigano to talk well-nigh the company's make-new Fitness Socks and electronic anklet for runners. The company has a grand vision for the future of wearables, and truly thinks the emerging category will modify the way we look at health and fettle.

Previously, Sensoria introduced a high-tech sports shirt and sports bra for runners who want to monitor their eye charge per unit and other metrics during their workouts. At present, the company is moving on to another part of the body: your feet.

Anyone who's ever been a runner knows just how piece of cake it is to get injured, or merely run with bad course. Sensoria'southward Fettle Socks and the accompanying anklet aim to solve this problem. The socks characteristic high-tech pressure sensors that are woven into the material, so y'all can't feel them at all. They look like a normal pair of ankle socks, at beginning glance. Vigano told us that the socks are rated to go through sixty wash cycles before they habiliment out, but the company is working to meliorate that number. Notwithstanding, since the $200 Sensoria Fitness Socks Parcel comes with four pairs of socks, the anklet, and the charger, Vigano thinks its well worth information technology. Likewise, once your socks have worn out, y'all can just purchase a iii-pack for $60.

The anklet looks similar a small, crescent-shaped band. It is fabricated of flexible rubber and curves along with your ankle. But the central function where the battery and sensors are located is rigid. The 1 we saw was an early image, though, then it will probably await more polished and thin when Sensoria officially launches the production at CES 2015. The anklet connects to the socks via conductive metal snaps and lights up when you commencement put it on. There is no ability push button — you merely start moving to activate the sensors. The Bluetooth-enabled anklet sends information from its ain sensors, as well equally those from the socks, to the Sensoria Fitness app on your smartphone.

You can tell the app how you want to run, whether you aim to heel strike or land on the ball of your anxiety, a distance goal, and your ideal cadence. The app is a existent-time assay tool, and so it can fifty-fifty requite you suggestions. For example, if you commencement to drop your cadency or keep on heel hitting when you meant to land softly on the balls of your feet, the app tin tell you how to fix it and get back on runway. You tin can mind to your music during your run, and the coach volition but interrupt your playlist if you want help.

The main page of the app shows a diagram of your feet, which lights upward with dissimilar colors, based on the information it receives from the sensors. If yous're hit the basis with your heel, the point of greatest pressure turns yellow and the surrounding areas go orange, pink, and cherry. The parts of your feet that aren't exerting pressure on the footing will announced blue or royal. Y'all can see how the colors change based on your foot'due south position in existent time.

Additionally, the app collects altitude and GPS data from your smartphone and accelerometer info from the anklet. When you wear the anklet on 1 ankle, yous only get information from that human foot, simply you can pair a second anklet with the app, if you need data from both feet simultaneously. All the same, Vigano says that i anklet notwithstanding works for cadency, and you tin can switch back and forth, during the twenty-four hours if you lot want information from both anxiety. The app can pair with other smart fitness wear, likewise, including Sensoria'due south own sports shirt and sports bra, to give you middle-charge per unit data and more than.

The app also lets you choose between vii,000 different running shoes in Running Shoe Cupboard, to help you guess the mileage of your shoes, so you know when to replace them. Later, when you lot're done running, you tin encounter all your information on the Sensoria Fitness app on your smartphone or tablet. You'll be able to look dorsum at your run and analyze your performance mile subsequently mile, too equally compare information technology to previous workouts to see your progress. Vigano says it's nearly like looking at an instant replay.

Sensoria says the anklet's built-in battery can terminal upwardly to seven hours, so you can either wear information technology during the entire solar day or just during your daily hour-long run. If you only use it for an hour each day, it should last vii days before it needs a accuse.

Nevertheless, the best part almost Sensoria'due south clothing tech is that it'south completely inobtrusive. You tuck the anklet under the sock and information technology's nearly invisible. The shirt and sports bra hibernate the tech even better. That's just role of Sensoria's mission, says Vigano.

"You're non wearing anything else, but whatever y'all wanted to clothing that mean solar day — simply a t-shirt, a pair of socks, and a pair of shoes," Vigano told usa. "We desire to take away stuff, non add stuff. At some betoken the electronics are going to be woven into whatever we article of clothing."

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