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BodyMedia’s Jewelry Upgrade Makes Data-Driven Weight Loss Super-Chic
Being geeky is awesome; number-obsessed performance geeks should be able to wear their devices loud and proud. Last year saw an explosion of calorie-tracking wearable devices, but none of these plastic-looking gadgets were fit for the runway. At the Consumer Electronics Show, BodyMedia revealed an upgraded armband that aims to make data-driven weight loss a fashion-forward accessory by embedding their device into a chic jewelry bracelet. “If I’m taking care of myself, it’s no different than my glasses that help me see better or my watch that helps me tell time.” says BodyMedia CEO, Ivo Stivoric.
The sleek design seems to have accomplished BodyMedia’s goal. At a private dinner held during CES, I witnessed a woman compliment the BodyMedia representative wearing the silvery Core 2 bracelet without her even knowing it was their new model. Ivo says that “intelligent jewelry” is the next step for BodyMedia, which he hopes is “something that people would even wear if it was off.”
Unlike popular alternatives such as the Nike+ Fuelband or Jawbone Up wristbands, which estimate calories from body movement, the BodyMedia device can distinguish between picking up a pencil and picking up a 300lb Olympic barbell. Sensors capture skin temperature and galvanic skin response (sweat) for a more individualized measure of performance.
The distinction is especially important to someone like me who has the resting metabolism of a sleeping gerbil. The Fuelband may estimate that I burned more calories than I actually do, because it assumes I’m an “average” amount of calories while resting, when in fact I pack on pounds by merely thinking about Twinkies.
For the past year, I’ve used the BodyMedia device for various dieting experiments, but the current bulging, white plastic sensor leads many people to believe I have some sort of odd disease. A more fashionable tracking device would reduce stares and help make my geeky obsession with minute-by-minute calorie tracking a chic statement. Perhaps more important, in the near future, it might incentive those without the predilection towards calorie tracking to becoming more weight-loss oriented simply to seem cool.
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BaubleBar Raises $4.5M From Accel And Greycroft For Affordable Designer Jewelry
BaubleBar, a startup that promises high-quality jewelry at affordable prices, has raised a $4.5 million Series A round of funding from Accel Partners and Greycroft Partners.
The round was reported this morning in PandoDaily. Co-founder Daniella Yacobovsky confirmed the funding via email (and said the round actually closed in April).
BaubleBar says that it tries to tackle two of the big pain points in jewelry shopping — selection and price. The company gets its products directly from designers, with new products introduced every Tuesday and Thursday, and new collections chosen by the company’s fashion team unveiled every Monday and Wednesday. (I’m, uh, not a big jewelry shopper, so I’m going by what the BaubleBar website tells me.) By focusing on the web without having to build up an enormous inventory, BaubleBar is able to sell many of its items for less than $40, according to PandoDaily.
BaubleBar previously raised a $1.1 million seed round led by Accel, with funding from Founder Collective, Lerer Ventures, and various angels.
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New Project Aims To Add A Little High-Tech To Antiques Appraisal
As the proud owner of a number of antiques including an original Game Boy and an unopened box of Circus Fun cereal, I’m well aware of the value of those things passed down to us from the ancients. However, when you’re dealing with jewelry and other high-end baubles, the value depends quite a bit on hallmarks, mint marks, and quality notes. This project, called Info-Snap, aims to improve the process of assessing hallmarks in the wild, making anyone a junior antiques detective.
The system works either for smartphone owners – you simply take a picture of a hallmark and the system will look it up for you – and dumbphone owners who can find examples of hallmarks in a research wiki on the fly. You could even snap on a “branded” lens in order to magnify the scene and really get a good look at the little lions rampant and golden pentagrams stamped on fine jewelry and porcelain.
The concept is currently a Nokia IdeasProject and there’s no guarantee that it will ever see the light of day but it definitely would bring a bit of control back to the antiques business. We currently depend on the word of a number of experts who, when they’re good, are prohibitively expensive to hire and when they’re bad will cost you too little or too much when they misvalue your items. This lets everyone be a little bit smarter about the detritus of years past and, although they won’t help me sell the Jimmy Carter commemorative plate my grandmother bequeathed to me, it may allow me to identify the value of my extensive collection of Wacky Wall Walkers.
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