The video is from a fund raising campaign, but its interesting to see at least.
www.youtube.com/watch
How many people would be interested in this technology? For me I'm happy with the tried and true finger check, but if I was a distance swimmer, I could see where this could come in handy.
Instabeat web site here.
Interesting. The gadget seems to be mostly a heart rate monitor, but also claims to track number of laps, number of flips turns, and other parameters, with post-workout upload to computer.
I have a minor weakness for innovative swimming gadgets like this (I was an early Swimovate customer, etc.), so I pre-ordered one almost instantly. I am particularly interested in knowing what you can learn from continuously monitored heart rate data. How does your heart rate actually change while, e.g., swimming a 200? A set of 50s? That's new information!
Delivery is currently scheduled for September.
Confirmed (via email w/ Instabeat): Heart rate is monitored continuously, at 2 readings per second. This should be really interesting!
Instabeat web site here.
Interesting. The gadget seems to be mostly a heart rate monitor, but also claims to track number of laps, number of flips turns, and other parameters, with post-workout upload to computer.
I have a minor weakness for innovative swimming gadgets like this (I was an early Swimovate customer, etc.), so I pre-ordered one almost instantly. I am particularly interested in knowing what you can learn from continuously monitored heart rate data. How does your heart rate actually change while, e.g., swimming a 200? A set of 50s? That's new information!
Delivery is currently scheduled for September.
Confirmed (via email w/ Instabeat): Heart rate is monitored continuously, at 2 readings per second. This should be really interesting!
