Athletes looking to high-tech gadgets to measure their progress

Everything is as hi-tech these days when it comes to the latest touch - devices comes to market. The latest touchscreen gadget is not for people who sit at their desks or while sitting in traffic. The new gadget for people on the go . This new hi-tech gadget that has the attention of athletes is called a miCoach system from Samsung and Adidas Corporation. The miCoach system used to measure an athlete's sensitive capacitive sensors heart rate , speed, distance and endurance.

Similar to a mile tracker for conscientious hikers, uses this new gadget a capacitive sensor acceleration sensor to measure the performance of athletes. Created for the athlete in mind , instead of just monitoring their own performance on an elliptical machine or treadmill at the gym, the miCoach up of a few different components that you wear is made on her body as a complete set .

A mobile phone , an MP3 player and a website - Heart Monitor in One Set includes a heart rate strap, a foot pod that an athlete's shoe and a mobile phone measures with a web -based training tool. Together helps each component accurately calculate the performance of the athletes , monitor your speed and success and helps you organize upcoming workouts. The inner workings are capacitive sensors, which work under a 3 -axis acceleration sensor to measure the position , acceleration, motion and tilt. The phone is fitted with a bracelet , but communicates via a headset to update the user about the progress. The miCoach will tell the user if need to speed it up or slow down depending on the information that has been programmed into the system. The site in the training tool comes included with more than 220 training and fitness plans for weight loss , marathons and target speeds .

The added bonus of the new miCoach is that the phone part of the system is a high quality mobile phone with a camera , Bluetooth, and of course, web and MP3 functions . For the busy person who their cell phone while they exercise anyway, it's a match made in heaven is always with them. Sleek, thin and lightweight , the phone / miCoach system was built for training in mind. This idea is the first of its kind , but it has competition going against Nike and Apple iPod .

Athletes now can walk to the top of the hill , while their favorite song , take a picture , when they come up and call her mother all while tracking their personal best .