TechnoGYM
Wired's Nicole Martinelli looks at the RFID Wellness Smartkey from Technogym.
The key measures your current level of fitness, then designs a customized exercise program based on the results.
After the initial test, Martinelli says, "My next session began
politely enough. I inserted the three-inch plastic key into a color
monitor in the weight room. 'Welcome NICOLE MARTINELLI, take a 5-minute
ride on the stationary bike,' it instructed."
And after the bike ride, the key suggested a series of exercises on
weight machines. "At each machine, it noted bench height, weight,
number of reps and the length of the timed breaks I should take after
each exercise," Martinelli writes. "If I couldn't remember how to use a
particular machine, I could just go back to main monitor for a video
clip."
The system's more than two million users, Martinelli says, include the Italian soccer team AC Milan.
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