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T a i w a n S p o r t i n g G o o d s M a n u f a c t u r e r s A s s o c i a t i o n

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Apple, the well-known American brand, promotes the most eye-

catching Apple Watch (Picture 4). The newly-designed sensor of

the watch back, Taptic Engine, includes infrared and visible-light

LED and photoreceptive sensor to detect the heart rate of the user.

Together with the installed accelerometer and GPS, it can display the

consumed time, distance, calories, and speed while the user is doing

exercise; moreover, it can observe all different body postures such as

sitting, or standing postures, etc. The graphics of the daily physical-

activity consumption is simplified into three circles: MOVE, EXERCISE,

and STAND. Everyone can have an individual sporting goal.

Comparatively, Xiaomi, the Chinese mobile phone brand, promote

the low-price sports band with an excellent CP value, Xiaomi band

(Picture 5). The total is simply 5 grams, equipped with Bluetooth

4.0, military-model ADI accelerometer and three signal lights

hidden under the magnalium metal panel. And ADI sensor is also

used the American military caps. Due to the extreme low energy

consumption, the batteries only need to be replaced once four years.

It can connect with the mobile phone and show the accumulated

exercise data, including the total number of steps, distance, calories,

automatic monitoring of shallow and deep sleeping time span.

There will be sleeping evaluation and the user can improve the

sleeping quality. It does serve the purpose of monitoring the whole-

day activities.

Picture 4: Apple Watch (left) and the sensor

Taptic Engine (right) (

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