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'AmpStrip' heart rate wearable drops athletes to focus on health
A while back we were introduced to AmpStrip: an innovative wearable that contains a thermometer, accelerometer and heart rate sensor, all packed into a barely-there Band-Aid-like strip. From what we saw at CES 2015, it was all set to swoop in and revolutionize how we look at wearables, with its practicality and ease of use unlike anything available to date. However, the startup company FitLinxx announced today that it has discontinued the product as a fitness tracker available to the public and will instead focus on the product's potential medical applications.
Best of CES 2015 Awards, Startup: AmpStrip
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-644482{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-644482, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-644482{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-644482").style.display="none";}catch(e){}With so many companies offering wearable devices at this year's CES, perhaps it's apt that the best startup we saw at CES 2015 was a company that was taking a different approach to the fitness tracker. AmpStrip is a health wearable that stays out of the way: a Band-Aid style strip that's waterproof and comes with disposable adhesive strips to attach right to your skin. Despite the slim profile, the company has crammed in an accelerometer, thermometer and heart rate sensor, which, in tandem, can monitor your heart rate, movement and activity. T-shirts are, apparently, optional.
The future of fitness could be a chest-worn sticker
For the last couple of years, medical science has been working on a way to build health sensors into stickers for better patient monitoring. It looks as if the folks behind AmpStrip might have gotten there first. AmpStrip is a piece of wearable technology that sticks onto your chest (we're told that the ideal location is below your nipple) and monitors your vitals without needing any other of the numerous fitness products we've seen on the market.
