Mio creates a new standard for measuring activity

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Canada's Mio Global is known to have been one of the first makers of physical activity sensors to use heart rate. Unhappy by the "10,000 steps a day" rule of the WHO, he decided to create a new standard, unveiled at the CES, and named the PAI – Personal Activity Intelligence Score.

Mio Global in green and against all. The Canadian decided to sulk the standard set by the World Health Organization to create his own, closer to reality – just like what Nike does with its Nikefuels system. Rightly, he explains that all the steps are not the same (you have probably already understood that a step in a climb is not the same effort as on the flat) and that especially physical activity is not defined only by steps (see bodybuilding). In short, WHO rule is not really reliable.

The new score baptized PAI, for Personal Activity Intelligence, aims to give a real overview of reality. he obviously takes into account the profile of the athlete (age, sex) but also the heart rate – and in particular the frequency at rest versus the maximum frequency recorded. To develop his algorithm, Mio relied on the HUNT study conducted in Norway over a period of 20 years, which notably studied the impact of heart rate on cardiovascular risks.

A new activity sensor called Slice

The new bracelet smart health connected Mio Global is still quite classic. It measures the number of steps, the distances traveled, calories burned, sleep – as well as obviously the score PAI directly on the screen (it is besides the only bracelet of the mark which will display it directly on the screen – it will go on the Mio application for others). The Slice can also display the main notifications of a smartphone through a Bluetooth connection.

No release date has been released for the Slice. Its price will be $ 99.

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