SMART BELT: THE WELT
The smart belt called the WELT looks indistinguishable from a
standard belt, but contains an array of sensors packed into the back of its
buckle and a micro USB port for charging on its side.
There's just one catch: it's called the Welt as in wellness belt. The device is made by a
team within Samsung's Creative Lab, which is an in-house incubator that lets
company employees play with ambitious ideas and turn them into full-fledged
startups. The products aren't exactly designed
to be fast-tracked as consumer products. They're mostly proof-of-concepts and
prototypes, though you wouldn't guess that by looking at Samsung's smart belt.
Created by three employees, the gadget is surprisingly fully formed and even
quite a bit dressy when it comes
to style.
The Welt pairs with a smartphone app
that immediately identifies your waistline and counts your steps throughout the
day. There's also a feature to monitor your over-eating, which the app infers
from changes in belt tension. Because the Welt is a Creative Lab project,
there's no pricing or availability. But the
team says it is considering turning the belt into a consumer product sometime
in the future.
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