The powerful Smart Ring for sports and fitness in the world! You can make full use of your smartphone or smartwatch to connect to Smart Ring without paying attention to them.
Covent Garden, U.K. & Orange County, CA (Merxwire) – The world’s first smart ring specifically designed for one-handed sports and fitness was launched at digital CES in January and launched at digital ISPO in February. This smart ring is developed by UK-based sports tech start-up ArcX Technology. The ring is designed to be worn on the index finger and controlled by the thumb. This product can be connected to any smartphone via Bluetooth, allowing users to store the phone in a pocket or backpack, and even when wearing gloves, they can easily and easily control playlists and other phone functions.
ArcX was selected as one of the five finalists in the CES Last Gadget Standing competition and was hailed as one of the best new products of 2021 by the judges of ISPO (the world’s largest sports trade fair). Want to know more about this powerful Smart Ring? Let us continue reading this article!
ArcX is made from medical grade silicone and houses a micro joystick inside a water and shock proof inner case. The inner case can be swapped among different sized rings or a watch type strap that allows the user to attach the device to a handlebar, paddle or other piece of sports equipment.
The ring boasts an impressive 20 day stand by with a battery that delivers five days of normal use from a one-hour charge time, plus it’s waterproof to IP67 standard and drop tested from 5 1/2 ft / 1.7 meters.
ArcX rings work really well on their own, connecting in seconds to any smartphone or other device such as sports cameras and wireless speakers. An intuitive App is available, free on both Android and iOS platforms, that provides a host of customisable options and additional features such as a stopwatch, an emergency SOS call function as well as the ability to connect with other sports-based Apps.
ArcX will start shipping in August 2021 in three colours, blue, black and orange. The rings are on sale now on Kickstarter in the UK, EU and USA priced at £79, €89 and $99 respectively. A roll out to other countries will follow. Each product ships with four interchangeable stretch fit outer ring cases, a handlebar mount, charging clip and carry case.
ArcX Technology was founded in 2019 and comprises a team of engineers, designers, athletes and military veterans headquartered in London, UK with offices in St Petersburg Florida. Paul Blair, the CEO and founder, is a decorated British Army Officer having completed seven tours of duty as a paratrooper in a career spanning over twenty years. Commenting on his inspiration for ArcX, Paul said: “An Army buddy injured himself on a skiing holiday. I spent the rest of the trip skiing alone listening to music. If I wanted to adjust the volume, change track or answer a phone call I had to stop, take a glove off and retrieve the phone from inside my jacket to perform the operation, before replacing everything to carry on. Paul added “I had similar experiences with other activities like cycling, kayaking and in the gym. I couldn’t find any wearable tech device or phone accessory that solved this basic problem so I decided to build one.”
Kumar Bala, CTO and co-founder is an experienced technology entrepreneur having brought several consumer electronic products to market during his career. Kumar said, “we set about designing an intuitive and robust product that would provide ‘first time, every time’ control where other interfaces fail.”
Kumar continues: “our research found that controlling ear buds with sweaty fingers while running is difficult. Taking one hand off an indoor rowing machine or a bicycle handlebar to control a phone is frustrating. Voice control doesn’t work when out of breath or on a windy day and the touch screen or small buttons on smartwatches are impossible to use when wearing gloves or if the watch is worn underneath protective clothing”. The new ArcX ring is designed to remove all those barriers to the benefits of easily manageable personal music while exercising.
For many people, the thought of exercising in silence is unimaginable:
ArcX is hugely versatile. It can connect to any other Bluetooth enabled device to act as a ‘hands free’ controller for sports cameras and wireless speakers. It’s ideal for instructors who incorporate music into their fitness classes as they can now focus on their students and no longer have to take their phone out of a pocket to change a playlist or adjust the volume.
There is also a health and safety benefit to a smart ring like this particularly for those activities that involve speed such as skiing, snowboarding and cycling. Using cell phones or other mobile devices while riding creates a visual distraction and prevents cyclists from holding their handlebars properly and watching the road for signs of danger. A 2017 ‘Distracted Biking’ study, published in the USA, found that up to 40% of cycle accidents were caused by distracted cyclists who were often either looking at their cell phone or holding it so as to prevent them from gripping their handlebars correctly. The same distraction problem also applies to other sports including running in both urban and rural areas where runners focus on their device and literally run into someone or something.
ArcX will accept an incoming call with a touch of the joystick and with a five second press and hold makes an outgoing SOS call, set as a default to local emergency services (based on the phone’s geolocation)
In addition to making certain sports and activities safer Paul Blair said “most of us spend way too much time looking at our laptops and phones. ArcX enables us to take a well-deserved break from staring at a screen and get active while listening to the music we enjoy.” Paul added “2020/21 have been really tough years for all of us; maintaining physical and mental health is more important than ever. If our product can help motivate someone to get active, that will be incredible.”
More information please visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcx/arcx-a-smart-ring-designed-for-sports-and-fitness
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