Instead, Airo tracks activity based on the user's heart rate.

Airo is already in talks with some researchers in the area.Įven the fitness aspect of Airo was conceived from an attempt to innovate outside of the 'activity tracker' space, because 'those devices are just digital step counters', Jayakumar said. The exact caloric content of a certain meal is based on how each individual's metabolism works.'Īs soon as the company has prototypes of Airo, they will send the products out for more testing to researchers to validate the data, Jayakumar said in an email. 'The packaging said 170 calories, but within like 90 minutes Airo sent back it was 162. 'One morning I had a granola bar,' Jayakumar said. Co-founder Abhilash Jayakumar told MobiHealthNews that after some internal testing, his team found that Airo is already detecting accurate calorie readings eight times out of ten. These metabolites will tell the tracker how many calories were consumed during the meal. Instead of steps, Airo tracks activity using heart rate, and instead of manual entry, Airo tracks nutrition passively.Īiro's nutrition tracker uses wavelengths of light to look into the bloodstream to detect metabolites, which are released during and after the user's meal. Ontario, Canada-based Airo Health has announced a wearable sensor poised for launch in fall of 2014.

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