Tracking Your Fitness
The Fitbit accurately tracks your calories burned, water taken, steps taken, distance traveled and sleep quality. The Fitbit contains a 3D motion sensor like the one found in the Nintendo Wii. The Fitbit tracks your motion in three dimensions and converts this into useful information about your daily activities.
Similar to NASA technology that monitors astronauts in space, the device’s integrated accelerometer monitors the intensity and duration of movements, tracks steps taken and distance traveled, and calculates calories burned even during activities that do not require walking. The sensor fits into the included wristband while you sleep and tracks tiny tremors in the wrist to determine how long it took you to fall asleep, how often you woke up, and how long you were actually asleep, not just lying in bed. When the device is within 15′ of the charging station, it automatically uploads information to the manufacturer’s website, where your readings are displayed on timelines and graphs. Includes Windows and Mac compatible software for uploading readings to the website. Operates for 10 days after a 1 1/2-hour charge.
You can wear the Fitbit on your waist, in your pocket or on undergarments. At night, you can wear the Fitbit clipped to the included wristband in order to track your sleep. Anytime you walk by the included wireless base station, data from your Fitbit is silently uploaded in the background to Fitbit website.
Multiple devices can coexist in the same household and can sync to the same base station or multiple base stations. In your house, at a minimum, you will only need to hook up one base station to a computer. Each Fitbit has a unique id, so that data will upload automatically to the proper person’s account. This versatile wellness monitor sells for about $100US.
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