New device more than just a fitness tracker

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It’s a new device that goes above and beyond the average fitness tracker. The inventors describe it as a wearable personal trainer – and it got its start right here in Hamilton.
The Ollinfit wearable trainer uses three small sensors attached to bands on the user’s joints. They each contain an accelerometer that measures direction and speed of movement.

“It measures the position and orientation of your joints and it measures it in real time so we know exactly how the motion goes.” That information is instantly compared to a database of proper motions for exercises from curls to crunches.

Hani Abidi is the co-founder of Ollinfit. “So if you’re doing a mistake on your left arm, like it’s not coming all the way up, it will vibrate and it will tell you lower completely or lower fully.”

A voice prompt will tell the user how to correct their form. The developers are using their prototype to collect information on different body types for a more personalized reading.

Hendrik Poernama is the co-founder of Ollinfit. “We will compare the joint angles that we detect from you to the ones that we have in the database. So the more data we have in the database, the more accurate it’s going to get.”

They’re working on a function that measures the shake of your arm and tells you if the weight you’re lifting is too heavy. The application that pairs with the sensors also offers tips from personal trainers and structured workouts for users to follow.

After ironing out a few kinks, the Ollinfit team expects to have their product on store shelves spring 2016. They’re launching a kickstarter campaign in September to raise money to mass produce the sensors.