[Nottingham] Fitbit

[Mike Cardwell]

* on the Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 09:10:47AM +0100, stripes theotoky wrote:

> I am looking for a "Fitbit" exercise monitor type of wristband that is
> compatible with Linux and is waterproof, as much of my exercise is
> swimming. They are mostly made to log data to smartphones but not having
> one I wish to sync it to the laptop.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with these devices?
> 
> The Fitbit doesn't fit these requirements being neither water proof nor
> Linux compatible.

I can't directly recommend this as I don't have experience of one yet,
but I'm getting a Pebble Time watch (I'll be picking it up tomorrow). You
can use one of these whilst swimming:

https://getpebble.com/pebble_time

A quick search suggests that there are apps which you can install on the
watch related to tracking your swims:

http://www.swimiomotion.com/

I'm not sure about Linux support. But you can write your own apps and their
SDK can be installed on Linux:

http://developer.getpebble.com/sdk/install/linux/

So at the very least, you could write something yourself to track your
swimming which then uploads data to a server via whatever means
you choose (a HTTP PUT/POST to your own webapp?)

Regards,

Mike

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