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Wearable Technologies at BIKE EXPO 2009

Munich, 27.July 2009, at the BIKE EXPO 2009 the latest bike trends and lifestyle products for sportsmen have been presented from July 23rd until 26th at the New Munich Trade Fair Center.

The first two days of the BIKE EXPO were reserved for industry visitors and at the weekend consumers were able to get a picture of the trends, technological sports equipment and portable consumer electronics. In this area, Wearable Technologies is one of the internationally leading platforms and shows how to combine fashion with electronics and lifestyle.
Some of these emerged products were presented by the following companies:

SportsCurve GPS device is a versatile trace and track product, designed to meet the demands of everyday life- it is extremely small, light-weight and easy to use. It can be utilized in instance for simple monitoring device for tracking sport and personal fitness.

SolarShopper provides through solar panels portable, environmentally friendly power for any kind of mobile device. In direct sunlight, the bag’s three panels absorb 1.5 watts of power and charge the battery bank within three to four hours.

o-synce is a small and light bike pc, which can depict speed, distance, time, up to difference in elevation and combined with a pulse measurer, even pulse.

Moreover, visitors could take part in the Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2009. The Bluetooth SIG is looking for new applications and products using Bluetooth low energy technology primarily in sports, fitness and sports-related health care applications.

In addition to the exhibition area visitors could witness mountain bike and -BMX dirt jump contests, or a BMX flatland show, test the products or take part in a bicycle race on Sunday, 26th of July.

SportsCurve - Stand

SolarShopper

Bluetooth Innovation World Cup - Stand

Gadget of the Month

Track your performance!

Zephyr´s BioHarness™ BT couples the pioneering Smart Fabric sensor technology of the comfortable and unobtrusive BioHarness™ garment with the power and ubiquity of Bluetooth®. BioHarness™ BT enables the capture and transmission of comprehensive physiological data on the wearer via mobile and fixed data networks – enabling genuine remote monitoring of human performance and condition in the real world.

Get your BioHarness™ BT at www.wt-shopping.com

Extremely tough for all adventures!
Play hard, Record all Dimensions !

The Oregon Scientific ATC9K Sports Camera is specifically designed for extreme sports enthusiasts and professionals who want to capture every high action moment, on the slopes, on the waves or on the road. Not only does the camera capture 1080p professional quality high definition video and up to 5M photos, its built-in G-sensor can also measure the force of gravity during acceleration. This makes it perfect for sports trainers and professional sportsmen who wish to record and review every detail of their performance.

ATC9K comes with a unique optional GPS plug-in that enables users to map their location, speed and distance traveled using Google Maps or Google Earth. While watching the video clip playback on a computer, you will also see your corresponding location, acceleration and altitude on Google Map. Keep track of each trail and race with this useful tool designed for trainers and sports lovers.

Get it here: www.wt-shopping.com

ActiSmile moves you!

ActiSmile is an innovative product concept, fighting efficiently against health risks such as overweight, metabolism and cardiovascular diseases and which are due to the missing daily physical activity.

The ActiSmile concept is simple, easy to use in daily life and therefore so efficient: the ActiSmile device measures continuously with the help of a multi-axis accelerometer the user’s performed physical activity and logs the classified activity data in its device memory. With the help of the logged activity data the user’s activity profile and energy consumption is calculated.

Get your ActiSmile at www.wt-shopping.com!

BluAlert Bracelet

The BluAlert bracelet uses BLUETOOTH® technology to buzz discretely on your wrist when your phone rings. Even in the loudest room, or the most boisterous dance-floor, you won't miss it when BluAlert goes off. Even better, BluAlert acts like a security device! Once paired with your phone, if it should suddenly find itself more than 5 meters away, BluAlert buzzes. Not only will you never miss a call, you'll never lose your phone.