Wearable Devices: Puma And Adidas Are Pioneers.

< p > > a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > wearable electronic devices < /a > is now everywhere, and is expected to see more explosive growth in the coming year; and products such as Fitbit, Nike Fuel Band and other fitness bracelets are often used as a hot example of how wearable devices will be practical and successful.

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< p > occasionally it is mentioned that in fact, < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > Nike < /a > (Nike) before launching the Fuel Band fitness bracelet, there were sneakers with built-in sensors.

For me as an engineer, putting sensors in shoes has always been a good idea, and this kind of shoe is the first integrated technology and clothing product I personally saw.

But I was very surprised to find that two other sports brands Puma (Puma) and Adidas (Adidas) had experimented with wearable technology in their sports shoes as early as the mid 1980s! < /p >

< p > the following photos are a pair of small computers equipped with Puma < a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > sports shoes < /a >, which can record runners' distance and other statistical data, then pmit data to an Apple IIe computer for analysis.

And so on, the user can set himself at a specific number of steps (based on the presumed distance from the previous runner's running length), and the shoe will give a beep notification to have completed the run.

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< p > comparing the popularity of Fitbit and Nike products at present, it can only be said that those shoes that came out in 1980s can be said to be out of date. The concept is excellent. Unfortunately, the technology at that time could not make people "almost forget its existence" miniaturization, and the price of products was too high. In 1980s, a pair would be 100~200 dollars, almost the present 200~500 dollar, plus the user must have a Apple IIe computer, so it would be easy for the interested buyer to dispel the idea.

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< p > now, almost every family or even everyone has a computer. Those wearable devices can not only record and track large amounts of data, but also make users feel no burden when they wear them, and their prices are also very approachable. The Nike Fuel Band fitness Bracelet price is about 150 dollars, though not cheap, but compared with the 1980s Puma technology sports shoes, it is almost a supercomputer.

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< p > I am looking forward to the wearable technology in the future, and I can not wait to see that those technologies can develop further in the fields beyond sports and fitness after further miniaturization and parity, especially when the sensor and computing technology can be combined with the textile fibers of clothing.

Although we haven't seen many amazing prototypes, but at the beginning, people didn't see the doorway in Puma's sports shoes! < /p >