The sports giant Nike has entered the market of physical fitness with Nike+fuelband, a digitized fitness gear. Nike+fuelband have introduced an all new metric to measure athletic activity – the Nikefuel. Nikefuel is one of the four parameters which are measured by device after calorie, time and steps. Very soon Nikefuel will become the ultimate metric. The wrist band comes with an LED display that gives the usual counts of calories burnt and time but in an exciting and fresh appearance. The look is game inspired. You can easily see your calorie count against Nikefuel to compare. The wrist band shaped device needs to be all day long on your wrist to measure the day work because it’s your wrist movement that is traced. Nike+fuelband store your work as fuel. Each day you make an aim, set it ahead of time and watch the LED go form red to green as you hit the bull’s eye.
Freaky design and concept
The band is equipped with usual measuring systems which provide you with the counts of your daily calorie burnt, time and other data. But what makes it different from the usual devices, is the design and new outlook to the date. The daily report will not be simply in calories burnt against some time but is now game connected. You will see points on your screen which are technically called fuel points or simply fuel. This will serve as your basic report of the intake of oxygen. The harder you work; the better will be the fuel.
The wrist band has an LED display as the main screen. Along with it, below the LED is a thread of beautiful twenty LED’s that turn from red to green. Red marks the beginning of the fitness act and as your oxygen intake increase it turns to green passing a phase of orange yellow. The USP of the Nike+Fuelband is its amazing display section. The rectangular patch comes out of nowhere as soon as you start the band. The calories and run time along with oxygen intake is displayed as points. The points look very similar as when you play some mission in a game and hit a twenty for killing a terrorist. This game drawn inspiration motivates the user to run for more points. The points unlike complex data never let your mind feel that you have done enough for the day and that keeps the sport in you alive.
Why is it great
Yet another fitness band! If these are your thoughts after knowing about the Nike+fuelband, just hold on your thoughts and give this new device a look. Nike+fuelband, the latest sensation in the fitness arena has something different to offer. The gadget notifies your daily effort in terms of Nikefuel. The harder you do, the better are the points and more is the fuel. This will motivate you to beat your daily best. The gadget offers the option to future set your goal for the day and then hit the score board with 10 on 10.
It is very easy to see your progress with a sequence of LED’s implanted below the display. The LED’s are twenty in number. They glow from red to green as you go closer to achieving the goal. This motivates the person to work harder. The point system is more like a mission to accomplish rather than usual fitness task when you go to achieve fuel as a result of your workout. The concept of actual figures to be shown as game point will let people know their real status each day and compare their daily data.
The Nike+fuelband is an innovative breakthrough in the field of sports science. The band has a built-in USB that gets connected to your PC and synchronizes your daily chart to keep track of the activity. The band also has a Bluetooth support for the iphone applications along with Nike+ website to record your readings. This means that fuel is not over on your wrists.
The giant has collaborated with some of the big names in the technical filed to make the device special and one of its kinds. Since calorie consumption differs from person to person according to your structure Nikefuel is one parameter that remains constant irrespective of your structure. This will help people measure real time dynamics.
Cost: The Nike+Fuelband is priced at $149
