Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category
June 17th, 2011
THE PRE GAME ANALAYSIS
When your active, whether it be in the gym or getting your road work in outdoors or even you cross-fitters, you get sweaty, you get dirty and so do your headphones. No one likes germs and or itchy ears, so Pioneer has engineered a washable, and still sporty looking headphone for the Team4orce Lifestyle. I’m sure we can still expect, quality acoustics (clarity and in your face bass), along with a snug fit and the obvious durability that Pioneer always has brought to the table.
THE KEYS TO THE GAME
Features
The new Pioneer SE-CL331′s are the first ones on the market that can be soaked and washed after every sports session without damaging sensitive electronic equipment.
The sporty-looking headphones; are available in white, bright blue and pink, and feature a newly developed ergonomic ear holder that keeps the headphone in place while exercising.
They feature an innovative round shaped ear holder that seals your ear tightly to increase stability. 4 sizes of soft, ergonomic tips allow you to tailor the headphones to your ears, while guaranteeing the most comfortable and secure fit.
THE STATS
Offering high clarity and powerful bass, the earphones are designed to provide optimum performance with any music genre. With an IPX7 International Protection Rating the SE-CL331 can be immersed in water up to 1 meter. Guaranteeing the headphone’s water resistance is a filter consisting of a two layer mesh and rubber ring, and a stainless steel plate combined with a solid inner base to provide anti-water pressure.
Note: We recommend hand washing your new Pioneer CL331 to better protect your headgear. Tossing it directly into your washing machine will probably result in damaging the cord due to violent movement during the washing process.
Specifications
Type: Fully-Enclosed Dynamic Headphones Frequency Response: 10 – 20,000 Hz Impedance: 16 Ω Maximum Input Power: 100 mW Sensitivity: 110 dB Driver Unit Diameter: 9 mm Plug: 3.5 mm 3P mini-plug (gold plated) Cable Length: 1.2 m Features: “IP Code” water-resistance classification Weight (without cord): 6g
Accessories
Cord clip, Earphone Tips (XS/S/M/L) x 2, Carrying pouch
Source: Audio Cubes
THE PRE GAME BREAK DOWN
Never run alone again, is the slogan Nike uses for their newest cutting edge gadget that does everything, except blend up a post workout protein shake for you. Nike has teamed up with navigation gurus Tom Tom, to create an intelligent, rugged and real good looking piece of training equipment that trains, tracks, times, teaches, paces and preaches motivation!!!! Can you dig it?!
Well it better for $200.00 dollars
THE KEYS TO THE GAME
On-Watch Experience
The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is designed to be simple and intuitive with only three buttons and a Tap Screen for navigation. During the run, the new Nike+ SportWatch GPS captures location information while showing runners their time, distance, pace, and calories burned on an easy-to-read screen featuring a customizable layout. Throughout the run, the GPS receiver works in tandem with the shoe-based Nike+ Sensor to deliver highly accurate pace and distance data.
On-watch features include:
Tap Screen for setting laps and activating backlight
Run History with data from past runs
Personal Records including those imported from Nikeplus.com
Quick Start with optional shoe-based Nike+ Sensor
Heart Rate Monitor compatibility
Some of the unique motivating factors the Nike+ SportWatch GPS offer runners on-screen include:
Recognition (or “Attaboys”) for personal records
Run Reminders that appear after five days if a run has not been logged
Post-run acknowledgement and encouragement
Post-Run Experience
The Nike+ SportWatch GPS plugs neatly into any USB port on a Mac or PC, then immediately launches the Nike+ Connect interface which automatically transfers information to www.nikeplus.com.
“With more than 150 million runs logged since its launch in 2006, Nikeplus.com captures the pulse of the running world everyday,” added Olander.
Nikeplus.com presents runners with the GPS mapping, total miles, pace and elevation data for their most recent run in a rich and engaging way that will be familiar to users of the popular Nike+ GPS iPhone application.
“Providing runners with accurate pace, distance and location information during and after their run gives them the information they need to better train and track their progress,” added Vigreux.
Data from each run is automatically applied to all current Nike+ Challenges, Nike+ Goals, and Nike+ Coach programs in which the runner is participating.
Additional Features at Nikeplus.com
Athletes who want to get the most out of their run and from the Nike+ SportWatch GPS will have access to a huge catalogue of run routes logged by Nike and published by other runners on streets and trails around the world.
Each run will be graphically mapped with the help of TomTom technology, and include route notes, elevation and length. Runners will also be able to find the perfect route by searching the catalogue by location, length, difficulty, and even landmarks.
Since the 2006 launch of Nike+ in partnership with Apple, a variety of Nike+ enabled devices have been introduced to help runners reach their full potential including the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit for iPod nano and iPod touch, the Nike+ SportBand, and the new Nike+ GPS App for use with the iPhone.
THE FILM ROOM
Source: Nike
WORDS FROM COACH
STAYING ahead of the technology curve is our job, so that we can make sure to get the quality cutting edge info out to the masses. Some technology, no matter how cutting edge it is, doesn’t triumph the good old fashion designs. On the other hand, there are instances, and yes, we believe this is one of those instances; when progressive thinking doesn’t forget about the important standards and methods of the past. Sometimes a product is based on or inspired by an old school train of thought.
The Withings WiFi Body Scale takes the concept of accountability; the idea that human nature maintains there is a direct correlation to our success and staying on target with a weight oriented goal if we are accountable to our peers. If we know we have to check in each week (think biggest loser or weight watchers) and others see the number on the scale. We want to impress our peers, we prefer to let ourselves down and cheat on our diets before we let others down with inconsistent dieting. Withings takes this old philosophy and updates it and in many ways ups the anti on it by making your weight instantly available to all our social networks. Scary thought, over kill even, maybe, but you folks know your interested in letting everyone know how you’re doing, heck, use it to your advantage and get some free peer coaching and encouragement!!!!
THE PRODUCT SCOUTING REPORT
- -Records weight, fat mass, lean muscle mass, and BMI
- -Monitors your data on a private, password-secured website
- -Free iPhone application increases data access
- -Accurate graduation of 0.2 pounds; maximum weight of 396 pounds
- -Multi-user monitoring allows up to eight users
Access Your Health Data Online or with Your iPhone
The Withings WiFi Body Scale is packed with technology, yet it’s simple to use. You can monitor the long term evolution of your weight directly on a secured web dashboard. From any web browser, you can log on and see a rich, relevant view of all your weight data collected by the scale, with no time limitation and in total confidentiality. Withings has also developed an iPhone application, WiScale, available for free at the iTunes App Store. This app puts your very own fitness coach right in your pocket, which means you can consult it whenever and wherever you like.
Stylish, Accurate Healthcare Tool
Powered by four 1.5-volt AAA alkaline batteries (included), this high-tech scale’s black-and-steel design makes it an attractive addition to any décor. And this scale is just as accurate as it is good looking–it features four sensors and measures in graduations of 0.2 pounds, accepting a maximum weight of 396 pounds. The Withings scale can measure precisely your muscle mass and fat mass so you can see the real impact of your efforts. The accuracy of its measurements makes it the ideal tool to monitor your health and fitness.
Scale Offers Creative Ways to Keep Fit
Take advantage of the Withings scale’s many options to help you stay healthy. Set your goals and get a weekly progress report by email. Share your progress with friends on your blog, Facebook account, or Twitter account (only if you want to). You can even generate and print graphs showing your growth, weight, height, and BMI for your medical records. If you work with coaches or nutritionists, they can monitor your progress directly on their computers as well.
What’s in the Box
Withings WiFi scale, four 1.5-volt AAA alkaline batteries, four carpet feet, tape measure, and installation guide.
THE FILM ROOM
Cost:$159.00 + Free Shipping
Where to Buy: Amazon
THE SCOUTING REPORT
I listen to a lot of sports radio, and I’m always getting this company Sling Box pimped to me over the airwaves in between Dan Patrick’s signature sign off and Jim Rome’s Jungle intro; followed by his patented “What is Up!” What really caught my attention is the ad that featured the application that made their sling box compatible with the Apple’s iPad, which was released in the beginning of the year. So we thought we’d hip you to this fine piece of technology and how you can stay up to date with the times and literally stay in real time with your Team4orce lifestyle.
Keys to The Game
Get your actual living-room shows anywhere; SlingPlayer Mobile presents content from your personal TiVo, cable-tuner, and other devices online. The iPhone and iPad apps connect to your Slingbox hardware ($179-$299), streaming home content anywhere, even over the 3G network.
The process looks terrific on a local network; stream to the kitchen, bedroom, or bathroom. (Yeah, we went there.) Quality outside your house depends on your Internet connections, especially your home upstream. In slower situations, the audio gets fuzzy, but remains understandable, while the picture splashes on like a rushed sketch. Fast-paced sports mauy suffer, but paced, dramatic shows lose little.
Since everything looks great when functional, we can overlook setup problems, showing the same-resolution picture on the iPhone 4, and how Sling offers two apps instead of a universal purchase.
THE POST GAME WRAP UP
The Company
Sling Media
Contact
Price
$29.99 each
Requirements
iOS 4.1 or later. iPad version requires iOS 4.2 or later.
Positives
You can stream and control living-room video devices. It provides great quality from a home network source. Good quality, depending on speed, outside your home.
Negatives
Not a universal application. There are initial setup difficulties. The original and oldest Sling hardware isn’t supported.
Source: Maclife
If you’ve been on the fence about starting a healthier lifestyle for yourself AND don’t quite like the idea of going to the gym; get ready for Kinect because beginning with this fall, you can get a total workout with Kinect fitness games right in your own living room.
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 6 months you can’t possibly have failed to notice the buzz surrounding the new Kinect motion camera for the new Xbox 360 scheduled to be released in November 2010. A revolutionary motion-control gaming platform that will trigger a massive change in the traditional games market.
This new Xbox add-on intriguingly codes: “KINECT” will make it possible for you to play games without the help of a controller, as it employs the use of a motion sensor that can intelligently recognizes your physical movements and your personal voice commands using a smart voice recognition software, making you the controller. Kinect promises to “get you off the coach and into the game.”
As the first games for this innovative platform are pre-launched and demoed, it’s obvious that a very big part of these projects are based on giving users a complete body workout. It’s relatively easy to understand why this trend has formed, as all the games designed for Kinect are only controlled with body its self. Furthermore a big number of people want a healthier life style by working out regularly but they either don’t like to go to the gym or don’t have the time for it.
A fitness game which has already left a positive impression at various game shows is Your Shape Fitness Evolved which has recently been released by the French company Ubisoft. When working out with Fitness Evolved, you will be able to physically interact with the game environment. At the beginning, the game automatically scans your body, it then stores all its individual features and it then tailors everything according to it, including all the in-game menus. This unique game offers you the choice of having your very own personal trainer or to go on normal martial arts or yoga courses.
Having a different approach to fitness, the Zumba Fitness for Kinect Xbox 360, is focused on giving the user physical workouts with the aid of powerful dance sessions. There are several dance styles that players chan choose from and these are Reggaeton, Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia, Hip-Hop, Mambo, Rumba, Flamenco and Calypso. The game can be played by dance experts and beginners alike, because the games enlists a dance teacher which shows all the correct moves that can easily be followed.
Another very interesting release for Kinect is The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout which one of the most complete working programs that allows the user to have fitness diaries and even a workout buddy. It has different difficulty levels which can be set from easy to hard and it also comes complete with diet tips and healthy recipes.
The first Kinect workout game series is warped up by Sports Active 2.0 which a very innovative biometric game, making it possible for the users to observe very closely the effects that the exercises have on their bodies. It comes complete with a few different accessories such as a heart monitor device which sends out information in real time. By doing so, this is one of the very few applications which returns feedback both on the body’s positions and on what’s happening inside it.
It is evident that starting even with the first days of the future Kinect release, there are already a great choice of fitness games for you to stay fit without any visit to the gym. So in case you’ve been recently thinking of starting a healthy lifestyle but find your busy schedule doesn’t allow regular gym visits. Be ready for Kinect!! Because beginning this fall, one of these fitness games might give you the most powerful workouts you’ve had ever had right in your living room.
Kinect Sports Video Review
The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved Video Review
Reference: Buzzle.com
