<story><title>Show HN: Version 1.1 of our $99 hackable Bluetooth smartwatch</title><url>http://wwww.getinpulse.com/?</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kiloaper</author><text>Is ANT+ popular in the US? I see companies like Nike promoting it, but I&apos;ve never laid hands on a device supporting it (I&apos;m in Europe).</text></item><item><author>jdietrich</author><text>I&apos;ve said it before, I&apos;ll say it again - build one with ANT+ and I&apos;ll buy a dozen. I don&apos;t see any reason why I&apos;d want an adjunct to my smartphone strapped to my wrist, but I can think of countless uses for a tiny device that can read and interpret sensor data via low-powered wireless. ANT+ is the killer app for the &quot;smartwatch&quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jdietrich</author><text>It&apos;s huge in Europe and the US amongst cyclists and triathletes. All UCI ProTour teams use it, with the exception of the teams sponsored by Polar. A good ANT+ system can do some very clever things that provide substantial competitive advantage. Many triathletes use the iBike Aero system, which in conjunction with a force-sensing power meter will calculate coefficient of drag in real time.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: Version 1.1 of our $99 hackable Bluetooth smartwatch</title><url>http://wwww.getinpulse.com/?</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kiloaper</author><text>Is ANT+ popular in the US? I see companies like Nike promoting it, but I&apos;ve never laid hands on a device supporting it (I&apos;m in Europe).</text></item><item><author>jdietrich</author><text>I&apos;ve said it before, I&apos;ll say it again - build one with ANT+ and I&apos;ll buy a dozen. I don&apos;t see any reason why I&apos;d want an adjunct to my smartphone strapped to my wrist, but I can think of countless uses for a tiny device that can read and interpret sensor data via low-powered wireless. ANT+ is the killer app for the &quot;smartwatch&quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>larsanders</author><text>Most of Sony Ericsson&apos;s Xperia line support ANT+, and I use it with a Garmin heart rate monitor transmitter.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thisisant.com/pages/developer-zone/android-api&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.thisisant.com/pages/developer-zone/android-api&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>