HARDWARE
The Gist: Networkable Unit Watches Your Step
$99.99
This innocuous little egg clips onto your belt or waistband and records the steps you take each day. Essentially a networkable pedometer, the device automatically uploads your step data to its landline-connected docking station. Then, when you visit SportBrain.com, you'll find cool-looking charts and graphs that track your daily step count, miles traveled, calories burned, and how you compare with others.
Of course, SportBrain won' t measure activities like weightlifting, although it does work with popular heart-rate monitors. It is tremendously effective as a silent nag, especially for people with sedentary careers (like, um, magazine writers). Every time you glance down and see the little gadget, it's a reminder to take the stairs instead of the elevator, or to walk instead of drive. So the digital age has come to this: a passive guilt trip that you can clip onto your belt.
SportBrain: +1 (408) 523 9000, www.sportbrain.com.
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