Spire checks breathing patterns and state of mind
When we think of the marketplace in fitness tracking, the usual device goal is assumed to be measuring activity performance and well being while the user is running, jogging, power walking, or cycling. Something new made its entry on Tuesday as a stone-shaped device called Spire, a mobile tracker with a twist. This tracker wants to tell you how you are breathing, and your state of mind. "Your breath reflects your state of mind. Your state of mind is influenced by how you breathe." So begins a video explaining why the Spire team cared to work on this device that focuses on breathing. Spire's web site presents its small device sitting on a coaster-like circle, the top of the device monogrammed with what looks like a wishbone on a stick, or a creative-font Y. Featuring a seven-day battery, according to a company press release, Spire charges wirelessly using...