Samsung-backed smart belt tells you if you're sitting or eating too much
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Back at CES earlier this year, Samsung's Creative Lab (C-Lab) introduced the WELT smart belt. A wearable that functions just like a normal belt, it keeps track of your waistline and beams its findings to your smartphone regarding size fluctuation, activity, or indeed a lack thereof. Now, it's seemingly ready for the mass market, with a new Kickstarter campaign looking to sell the belt from upwards of $69.
Given the success of the Fitbit, Xiaomi's Mi Band and others like them, consumers are clearly ready to embrace modern tech for the benefit of their wellbeing. As the WELT campaign page notes, the waistline can be a huge indicator of overall health, and the device aims to help wearers utilize such info to make the necessary lifestyle — perhaps even lifesaving adjustments.
The WELT belt includes a built-in pedometer to keep abreast of how many steps you're taking, and can detect how long you've spent sitting down. The belt and its partner-in-crime app will also be able to keep track of which way you're moving on the belt hole-o-meter. So if your waist size is creeping up or down, it will know. If you're sat in front of the Xbox of a weekend eating endless quantities of chips, the WELT belt will present you with some nice stats on how your waist is increasing while your health heads in a downward spiral. Marvellous!
The WELT is said to offer a 20-hour battery life, so should cater to a full day's use. The Bluetooth-connected app doesn't get much airtime during the Kickstarter demo, but will apparently include a bunch of treats like custom goal setting and curated feedback.
With a number of varieties and styles to suit both men and women, the WELT could be the next big thing in wearable tech. If you'd like to take a closer look at the WELT, check out the Kickstarter video, while the ongoing campaign is linked at the source below.
source: WELT (Kickstarter) via Digital Trends
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