Athletic wearable devices are not anything new, but a new product launching today on Indiegogo has a different take from the myriad activity trackers out there: The SmartMio connected sports muscle stimulator is designed to bring so-called electronic muscle stimulation (EMS) to enthusiast and professional athletes in a small, convenient and smartphone powered package.
The SmartMio consists of two electrodes which you can stick to your skin above the muscle group you want to work out, and a pod that houses the Bluetooth and electronic brains for the system. It’s built by Smartmissimo, a startup based out of Singapore that is focused on building wearable health and medical devices, founded by Alex Pisarev and Filip Almakov. Using a database of workout data, the SmartMio can be used to enhance workouts by delivering small doses of electrical stimulation to the muscle groups being targeted, in addition to the exercise a user is already doing.
“SmartMio is the world’s first wearable and connected electronic muscle stimulator,” Almakov explained. “It’s controllable by a companion app that has a myriad of pre-set workouts that you can use on the go. The possibilities and research on EMS have been very vast, but what we now offer people is the opportunity to take EMS with them wherever they go and train, without interruptions to their daily routines, and complimentary to their regular training sessions.”
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