I am going to discuss something that’s more of a compliment to your religious regime of working out and staying fit. There’s no dearth of gadgets available for keeping track of what your health related specs. However, there’s a new kid on the block (would be launched in December or January) that’s providing the same service a little differently. The gadget is called as FitBit and is as small as any other out in the market.

This small little gadget can fit any where on your body, whether it is your trouser, shirt, bra or wrist. It keeps a track of how much calories you have burnt for the day, what amount of exercise you need. Whether you have slept well. It is one of the most accurate pedometer out in the market. Priced at $99 I guess it’s worth a shot.

It’s Wi-Fi enabled and uploads the data to the fitbit site on your profile if you are in 25-50ft from the basestation. The battery on FitBit stays for 10 days and is rechargable. You dont have to pay for the profile you have on the website. It’s also compatible with both Mac and Windows.

Tags: fitbit, fitness gadget, Gadgets, Wireless, wireless fitness gadget
]]> http://tnerd.com/2008/09/10/stay-slim-with-fitbit-wireless-fitness-tracker/feed/ 0 http://tnerd.com/2008/09/09/digitize-all-your-business-cards/ http://tnerd.com/2008/09/09/digitize-all-your-business-cards/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:34:17 +0000 Vivek http://tnerd.com/?p=1540 Was reading a great post and could not hold myself from writing about it. The concept is simple yet very original and discreet. Still in concept, the idea is to get the catalog of your business cards digitized.

The concept is simple. Just slide the business card. This nifty device will scan the card and store in the memory to help you reduce the stack of cards that you get from people into a pocket size device. Following are a few snapshot of this concept device, which could soon become reality.

I am not going to write a detailed post because the post by YankoDesign is just too good. Read it here.

There are many ways of personalizing your gadget. You can add diamonds, paint it, use accessories to personalize, Skin it and latest in the fashion is Etching it. It’s the “In Thing” for gadget personalization.

Most of the Etching happens on Apple products and Etch A Mac (etchamac.com) is one of the best sites which can do the job for you. The site does almost all the products of Apple including Shuffles, iPod Nano, iPod, iPhone and Mac Book or Macbook Pro’s. Another favourite is Etch Star (etchstar.com/) (http://www.etchstar.com/samples.php) and they do an amazing job in transforming a gadget to a piece of art.

Etching on such products will cost you anywhere from $30 to $200, depending on the product you want to personalize. 

Following is the list of few other sites in the business.

• etchamac.com
• etchstar.com
• adafruit.com
• markapod.provitron.com

By now if you are thinking that you haven’t seen anyone do this in India and what to setup a business then you can start here epiloglaser.com. EpilogLaser offers the machinery used for etching on these gadgets.

Following Video shows how the etching is done on a iPhone.

Have Fun! Let your Gadget Speak Your Language!