Sports, Health & Fitness, Outdoors

Finis 3.1Gb waterproof MP3 player

Here’s another water-related product from FINIS, a 3.1Gb MP3 player that can be submerged in water, so you can use it for swimming. The SwiMP3 player works like the Audio Bone Headphones and transmits the sound to your cheekbones by vibration. Sound strange, but it works surprisingly well.

The SwiMP3 plays MP3 and WMA files and has basic controls embedded in one of the sides.

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Price: $121.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Handheld Body Fat Analyzers

This gadget just smacks of ‘Made in China on a “3rd shift”‘! For just $10, this handheld device measures your body fat percentage, and is also a clock and an alarm clock. Ha! It can also stores 8 different sets of data. What’s scary is that it can apparently measure from 5 to 50%. Can you imagine having a 50% body fat %?

On the other hand, this body fat analyzer by Hivox looks more legit. Of course, so is the price ($67). It also remembers 8 different profiles and shows you graphical versions of body fat types.

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Price: Body Fat Meter: $9.99; Hivox Body Fat Analyzer: $67
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

SenseWear – Electronic Weight Watcher

The SenseWear from BodyMedia is an electronic gadget that you wear on your arm, that monitors your body’s main stats and gives you feedback on how you’re doing with your health and weight management.

In collaboration with the SenseWear website, users can track their nutrition and progress with up to date accurate information about their bodies – weight, metabolism, calories burned, sleep and more.

Key metrics tracked by SenseWear are Total Energy Expenditure (Calories burned); Active Energy Expenditure; Physical Activity Duration and Levels (METs); and Sleep Duration and Sleep Efficiency.

Gimme!
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Price: $299.99 plus $19/mo for website subscription
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Scuba Masks With Cameras

Scuba Mask with Camera

Sports items with built in cameras are nothing new, but they can still be highly impressive and innovative, especially when inside an underwater sports item such as a scuba mask. This is where Liquid Image come in – they supply 4 masks with built in cameras set into the top of them to record your underwater voyages. The masks themselves provide all the functionality you would need out of a scuba mask, whilst recording your images with a camera quality that ranges from 3.1megapixels right up to 720p HD recording.

Most of the masks are similar in specs, except for their recording and storage capabilities:

Item Camera Internal Storage Externally Expandable
Explorer Series 3.1 3.1Mp 16MB 2GB
Explorer Series 5.0 5.0Mp 16MB 2GB
VideoMask Series 5.0Mp 16MB 8GB
Scuba Series HD 720P 32GB

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More info from the manufacturer
Price: $79.99 – $159.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

bodybugg Calorie Management System

Here’s another potential calorie management gadget that you can wear to monitor things like calories burned and even steps taken. The bodybugg is a small piece of electronics that you wear on your arm throughout the day. It has sensors that monitor your calories using metrics such as galvanic skin response, heat flow and skin temperature.

At the end of the day, you upload the info in your bodybugg to your PC or Mac via a USB cable. The small catch is that you have to subscribe to a Web-based application that crunches all the data and presents it to you in graphical and other formats. Fortunately, purchasing the bodybugg gives you 6 months for free.

The bodybugg reminds me of the Cosmed Fitmate and the SenseWear Weight Watcher. And while you’re at it, you should monitor the nutritional value of your food with an EatSmart Nutrition Scale.

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Price: $199.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

ZZZ Checker – monitors and analyzes your sleep

Add another sleep analysis gadget to the growing list. This time around, Japanese company Spec Computer has a product that does not require you to wear a wristband. Instead the ZZZ Checker uses audio and visual sensors to tell what you’re doing.

This is not a tool like the aXbo alarm clock that wakes you up at optimum points during your sleep cycle. However, it records things like snoring, teeth grinding, tossing and figures out if your sleep is light, medium or deep.

You can transfer the data from the ZZZ Checker to your PC and analyze with the included software.

Sorry sleep-deprived Westerners, but it’s currently only available in Japan, although if the display is any clue, they’ve probably designed it with English speakers in mind too. If you’d like to get your hands on something similar, take a look at the SleepTracker Pro Watch.

via dvice.

ambient’s Baseball ScoreCast – automatically tracks all MLB scores, standings and more

If you’re any kind of baseball fan, then you’ll want to get this fantastic little gadget that automatically updates and displays the scores for every Major League Baseball (MLB) game. And no subscription fees.

You can see things like team schedules, stats, standings, starting pitches and more. The data is updated every 15 minutes wirelessly. About the only drawback is the need for 4 AA batteries – come on guys – go rechargeable.

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Price: $129.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Cosmed’s Fitmate tracks metabolism, spits out target caloric needs

Metabolism. Most of us wish ours was a lot higher, mostly so we could eat as many donuts and burgers as we wanted to without gaining weight. Tracking how our body reacts to changes in diet and exercise is tough, slow going work with no bottom-line number to really tell us where we’re at. However, there are devices that can do it, except they’re not in the $100 get-at-Walmart type of gadget.

For example, Cosmed makes a hand-held device that can track just how many calories an individual needs. You just breathe into it for seven minutes and then you get a report with your caloric needs, including how much exercise you need to lose x number of pounds and/or gain lean muscle mass. Just one catch – it costs $7,900.

via PressofAtlanticCity.com

Garmin Oregon 550/550t – GPS With Camera

Garmin Oregon 550t

We’ve had cameras with built in GPS so now it’s time for a GPS with a built in camera! Garmin have taken their award-winning Oregon GPS system and stuck a 3.2 megapixel camera in it with 4x optical zoom – enough to rival a lot of phones on the market today – perfect for those times when you’re trekking up a mountain and want to take a picture of the view but find your phone’s dead.

Enough about the camera, the GPS system is pretty advanced too – the built-in memory has enough room for 2,000 waypoints, 200 routes and 5,000 geocaches and comes loaded with 100,000 maps with 3D perspective rendering. Operation is via a 3-inch touch screen and can be mounted inside a car for in-vehicle use.

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Price: $599.00
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Next-Gen Protection for Gadgets and Humans

d3o have come up with a rather magical invention that protects whatever it covers by simply deflecting the incoming object. You can already think of the many applications – pad your iPhone in it to make it bounce back when you drop it, or protect your head when you’re skiing down the mountain. The material consists of ‘intelligent’ molecules. They flow with you as you move but on shock lock together to absorb the impact energy.

d3o don’t actually sell any products online, but they have teamed up with major retailers worldwide to provide some really useful products – full list here.

This video really sums it up!

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