When you’re on a calorie-controlled diet, you can use devices like the Nutritional Facts Scale to easily count the calories you consume – but working out what you’re burning off each day is a difficult guesstimation. This gadget, called the Wellness Monitor not only frees you from the task, but provides an accurate count of calories burned by tracking all your daily movements (even when you’re seated).
Similar to NASA technology used to track the health metrics of astronauts in space, the Wellness Monitor features an integrated accelerometer to measure the duration and intensity of your daily movements – keeping track of things like the footsteps you’ve taken and the distance you’ve traveled.
Simply clipping to your belt or slipping inside your pocket, the Wellness Monitor can also be worn on the included wristband in bed for detailed analysis of the quality of your sleep. Detecting tiny tremors in your wrist, it tracks how long it takes you to fall asleep, how often you wake during the night and how long you are actually asleep for (not just lying in bed).
About the size of a USB flash drive and including a charging station that provides 10 days of operation after a 1.5 hour top-up, the Wellness Monitor automatically uploads your stats to a charting website when within 15-feet of the dock, providing detailed analytics displayed on timelines and graphs.
Encouraging you to stay active throughout the day (since every movement counts), the Wellness Monitor includes Windows and Mac compatible software to upload your readings and is available now from Hammacher Schlemmer for $99.95.
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