five accessories to enjoy the most beautiful walls

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Are you going to the mountains or have you just planned sports outings in your area? Chances are rock climbing is on the agenda. To make the most of it, smart health connected accessories dedicated to this sport can help you. Discover our non-exhaustive selection.

The Seiko Alpinist solar watch

Well, we tell you right away, if you are looking for a smartwatch full of functions, this is not the case with this model. The Seiko Alpinist solar watch focuses on simple functions for climbing. Launched in 2020, it was designed in partnership with Japanese mountaineer and skier Gota Miura. It includes three sensors: pressure, magnetism and temperature. The data collected is thus sufficient to give you the altitude, the atmospheric pressure, the temperature and the direction. Please note that the specific climbing functions are not forgotten. This will give you data on your climbing speed. By combining the different information, you will be able to know how long it will take you to reach your goal.

On the price side, count 398 dollars for the basic version and 498 dollars for the Miura Delphins model. This one notably has a camouflage design. Not sure if it is really useful to hide from the wall, however.

Climbing and augmented reality

It is an experience unique in the world to our knowledge. The Brooklyn Boulders Climbing Club in New York offers the public an experience combining climbing and augmented reality. Called Time Trial, it is a ehealth game projected on the wall. The “player” participates thanks to optical sensors. He must reach the various crossing points as quickly as possible. An audio and visual signal alerts the player that he has reached the goal and that he must move on to the next. The scores of the different participants are then stored like an arcade. If you go to New York and want to Review, the experience costs 28 dollars you can do it once a month.

Even stranger, there is a different use of augmented reality in climbing in Finland. The Augmented Climbing start-up made up of researchers from the University of'Aalto in Finland has created a climbing wall / game table. The project consists of a ehealth projector, a motion sensor and in-house technology to manage graphics. In the ehealth below, you can discover their system. The difficulty is that of balance. If they let go of the catch, it's lost!

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Climbax, what could have been the best wearable for climbing

Imagine taking your climbing coach with you all the time. No need to make room on the bike or in the car, it hangs directly on your wrist. It's possible thanks to Climbax bracelets. Super light (30 grams), they are really designed for climbing and only for climbing. Thanks to sensors, they can capture all your hand placement movements, spacing, your rhythm … Then, you just have to download the data to your computer and analyze your performance, look when you have had wrong and try to understand why. They are also waterproof so they can be used in all conditions.

It was already part of our selection of the best climbing technologies in 2020. But to tell the truth, the situation has not really changed, Climbax is still unavailable. After an ambitious crowdfunding operation (150,000 pounds requested) but which was a failure, the project seems to be dormant today. In the last message published, the founders announced that they were looking for private investment so that Climbax could see the light of day. All that remains is to hope and wait.

Climb Track to improve the way you climb

Climb Track is a company created by two researchers from the DFKI (German Research Center in Artificial Intelligence). Passionate about new technology and climbing, they decided to mix the two. The result of this merger is the “Cube”. Just install it in front of a climbing wall and let the magic happen. Equipped with a camera, a projector and a 3D processing unit, it can analyze and correct climbers' postures in real time. It also records them in order to be able to carry out a debrief as complete as possible at the end of the session, by studying the routes, the gestures, the position of the hands … You can also create climbing routes through the application that s 'will then be displayed on the wall. A good way to teach beginner climbers.

Its creators also imagine possible uses beyond climbing, in particular in physical recovery or fitness. It would thus be possible to lend a Cube to people having to undergo a reeducation so that they can practice and repeat a gesture until mastering it completely. It is even possible to teach more complete exercise phases in order to take full advantage of the audio and visual feedback system. A good way to give more autonomy to patients in the rehabilitation phase and to allow treatment at health home.

To learn all about smart health connected sport, discover new objects, our selections and innovative trends, visit our dedicated section.

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