Sports bra contains heart monitor
In our health-conscious age, runners are advised to monitor our heart rates so we get the most out of our workouts without overdoing it. The new Numetrex sports bra has the answer: Woven into its fabric are tiny electrodes that can detect heart rate and display the result on a watch.
The bra, made by Textronics Inc. with components from Polar Electro Inc., is easy to use – just snap a transmitter into a pocket located in the band of the bra, activate a digital watch with a heart-monitor setting and start sweating.
The $75 Numetrex sports bra and transmitter works similarly to those plastic strap-on heart monitors, but the benefit of the bra is comfort – no plastic touches your skin, it feels like any other sports bra and you don’t have to worry about the transmitter shifting, chafing or loosening.
The electrode sensors are knitted into a few inches of fabric in the band. These sensors pick up the heart’s electrical signal, which is sent to the transmitter snapped into the band.
The transmitter, about the size of a matchbook and hidden in the bra’s seam, communicates with a watch or the display on a treadmill.
By Madlen Read, The Associated Press
Sun’s Vass to speak at summit
Social and environmental responsibility need to be top priorities for businesses, according to a Colorado trade group. Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy is sponsoring the first Sustainable Opportunities Summit, from Feb. 22 to Feb. 24. Executives scheduled to speak at events being held at the Millennium Hotel in Boulder include Bill Vass, chief information officer of Sun Microsystems. Vass is the designer and implementer of Sun’s eco-responsibility campaign, and will discuss how large corporations can conserve resources while increasing productivity.
The University of Colorado Leeds School of Business is also co-sponsoring the event.
– Kimberly S. Johnson,
The Denver Post
