New Techonology

1. Technology
Show and Tell
Fitbit

2. What is Fitbit?
-wearable activity
tracker
-heart rate
-calories burned
-steps walked
-GPS tracker
-all in one notification
devise
-text messages
-phone calls
-music control
-auto sleep
-alarm clock

3. Who is it designed for?
-ANYONE and EVERYONE!!
-anyone who wants to
monitor daily activity
-walkers to marathon
runners

4. “Fitbit is labeling its
newly-available
Surge a
“superwatch”
because it blends
smartwatch
capabilities with the
traditional (and
advanced)
ingredients that go
into a fitness tracker.”
-Samantha Murphy
Kelly

5. Case Histories
-wearable devices for every personal fitness level
-running parallel with phone and computer applications
-”self-knowledge through self-tracking” –Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly
-predict wearable fitness will grow from 16.2 million in 2011 to 93 million
in 2017
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223780
-comeback from skin rashes with “smart” fitness watch
-”force reinvented”
-new and improved applications
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102124313#.

6. Check these out!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0q
Vi_nF6y8
 http://www.fitbit.com/
 http://mashable.com/2015/01/31/fitbit-
surge-review/

7. Issue Fitbit might raise
 Cheap way to keep track of our healthy
living
 Encourage healthy eating and staying active
 Skin rash issues have come up
 Forecast people staying on a track
 Could be used in physical education or
Health
 Allow people to be more aware of their
lifestyle

8. Resources
 Kelly, Samantha Murphy. "The Enormous Fitbit
Surge Is a Runner's Best Friend [REVIEW]."
Mashable. Mashable, 31 Jan. 2015. Web. 01
Feb. 2015.
 Wang, Jennifer. "How Fitbit Is Cashing in on
the High-Tech Fitness Trend." Entrepreneur.
Entrepreneur, 27 July 2012. Web. 01 Feb. 2015.
 Goode, Lauren. "Fitbit Joins the Smartwatch
Race, Replaces Force." CNBC. CNBC, 27 Oct.
2014. Web. 01 Feb. 2015.