How Wearable Tech Is Changing Exercise Research

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How Wearable Tech Is Changing Exercise Research

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/16/wearable-fitness-trackers-research_n_5337935.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fHTjcxb9Ak7WltA.nRzslg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/resize/200x200/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1800274/original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="How Wearable Tech Is Changing Exercise Research" align="left" title="How Wearable Tech Is Changing Exercise Research" border="0" /></a>By: Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer Published: 05/16/2014 10:29 AM EDT on LiveScience The technology in fitness trackers is changing the way researchers study exercise, allowing them to gather much more detailed information about how people move throughout the day, experts say. The change is being driven, in part, by advances in accelerometers, the sensors often found in fitness trackers that detect motion, and the speed and direction of that motion. Wearing an accelerometer-containing device on the waist or the wrist can capture a person's movement throughout an entire day. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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