LAS VEGAS—I say Epson, you say printers. I say Epson, you say projectors. Sure, the company is probably best known for rather prosaic office appliances, but now Epson is doubling down on its expertise in sensor technology and chip design to make a bigger statement in the wearables market.
At the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, Epson revealed two new wrist-worn activity trackers called Pulsense. Leveraging Epson's own proprietary sensor that "records a single heart beat as blood vessels contract," the Pulsense bands can determine how quickly your ticker is tocking, and pair that data with accelerometer information to reveal a suite of statistics on your activity levels.
It's a system similar to what we find in the Basis B1 band, but Epson's Pulsense bands also include 480 hours of onboard storage, thus precluding the need to frequently sync your wearable with a smartphone or computer to view data trends over time. Even better, the Pulsense bands don't require smartphone pairing to work—so you can leave your phone at home when it's time for the morning jog.
The more simple Pulsense band holds 20 days worth of data, which you can view on a mobile app.
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