Jabra Elite Sport Wireless Headbuds with Heart Rate Monitoring, Activity Tracking
 

Jabra Elite Sport Wireless Headbuds with Heart Rate Monitoring, Activity Tracking
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Jabra, the big name in headphones and headsets, is releasing a pair of wireless earbuds that continuously measure the user’s heart rate. Designed for athletes, the Jabra Elite Sport are essentially an advanced activity tracker, earbuds, and a Bluetooth communication device all in one.

http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/...lite-Sport.jpgThe heart rate tracking tech**logy is called PerformTek, and was developed by Valencell, a company out of Raleigh, **rth Carolina. It uses an optical emitter and detector to **tice tiny changes in the reflected light as blood moves through the capillaries of the ear.

Having a built-in tri-axis accelerometer, the device can even count your push-ups and sit-ups and the accompanying Jabra Sport Life app can act like a coach that talks to you through exercise routines. You can even take calls without stopping what you’re doing, as there’s a microphone built in and buttons to pick up or hang up.

The company promises they’ll stay safely put inside the ear and will run for about three hours at a time, which means a lot of people can run a marathon without having to recharge. It does come with a battery you can take along with you that can be used to recharge the earbuds for a**ther two three hour sets.

A**ther advantage is that these buds are water proof down to one meter (3 feet) , so maybe you can even swim with them, and they’re guaranteed to **t be damaged by your sweat.

While we haven’t tried these yet, and they’re still on pre-order, we’re certainly curious if they really solve the problem of measuring the heart beat while the user is exercising, something that wrist-worn heartbeat trackers seem to suffer from universally.

Here’s a Jabra promo video introducing the Elite Sport:



Product page: Jabra Elite Sport…

Link: Valencell tech**logy info page…

Original press an**uncement…

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