Nike unveils FuelBand to measure activity - How much of it could produce electricity?

Created on Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:06

Today, Nike announced the new Nike FuelBand, which measures your physical activity.

Designed to be worn throughout the day, the ergonomic, user-friendly NIKE+ FuelBand uses accelerometry to provide information about different activities through movement of the wrist via a LED dot matrix display. Four metrics are available: Time, Calories, Steps and NikeFuel. Unlike calorie counts, which vary based on someone’s gender and body type, NikeFuel is a normalized score that awards equal points for the same activity regardless of physical makeup.

Sounds like something that would be the perfect companion with the new version of the nPower® PEG, launching this spring.  Why not harvest that activity into your own clean electricity?