Polar and Adidas Planning a Line of Apparel and Shoes with Built-in Fitness Measurement
Janus Sandsgaard pointed out that Polar Electro is teaming up with Adidas to produce a line of fitness clothing and running shoes that will have embedded transmitters for heart rate and running speed and distance. According to a Polar press release, the products will collectively be called Project Fusion, and will include:
- AdiStar Fusion apparel: t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, bras, and women’s tops,
- Adidas adiStar Fusion shoe,
- Polar s3 Stride Sensor,
- Polar WearLink transmitter {already available}, and
- Polar RS800 Running Computer.
These products will be available in Spring 2006.
Janus also found and published photos of the Polar S3 and the RS800 Running Computer. He notes:
Unlike the RS2000 it looks as if Polar remembered the IrDA port this time, and reading the press release you get the impression that the product will work with {Polar Precision Performance Software}. The new S3 {running computer footpod} does not look a lot smaller than the S1, but indeed slimmer.
