Squid fitness monitoring shirt keeps track of your gym progress

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Unless you have a personal fitness instructor following you around with a notepad, keeping track of your progress at the gym can be a real nuisance. Luckily, thanks to a group of students from from Northeastern University in Boston, you can now count on your squid-equipped shirt to do the statistical heavy lifting for you. Squid is essentially a set of electromyography (EMG) sensors attached to a box that pushes your workout data to a smartphone app. This is synchronized with a web-based management panel, to give you a detailed overview of your progress... Continue Reading Squid fitness monitoring shirt keeps track of your gym progress

Section: Wearable Electronics

Tags: Exercise, Fitness, Northwestern University, Shirt

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