「转帖」Fitbit什么都弱爆了！Fitbark来了！

peanut

I don’t want to awaken the ire of any committed pet owners — because I think you can do whatever you want with your pets (and your money) — but I would be lying if I said I didn’t cringe a little bit when I hear about extreme pet products and services like doggie treadmills, pet psychiatrists or pet fitness centers and the like.

In a quick conversation behind the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, an unofficial, unscientific, non-statistically sound poll indicated that “if you don’t have time to walk your dog and need to outsource that to a health club…maybe you just shouldn’t have a dog.”

I concur with those results.

Still, I came across FitBark on the floor of the Hardware Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 and while it could, at first, seem “extreme” I found that after talking to these guys and hearing their explanation, their little device actually seems pretty reasonable.



What is the FitBark? From a technological standpoint, it is a wearable accelerometer that you put on your dog’s collar to monitor their activity. In most ways the product is very similar to products like the Nike Fuel + Band or the FitBit, however the strategy behind it — and this is the reasonable part — is quite different.

FitBark is not designed to be a performance indicator or weight loss utility or competitive device for animals. Instead, it’s just an activity monitor so loving pet owners can make sure their dogs are getting enough activity.

How it works is that, as the dog moves about, their activity is captured and stored on the device (up to three weeks of data can be stored).

Whenever the FitBark comes into the proximity of the owners iPhone’s or optional homebase unit — via Bluetooth 4 or Wi-Fi — the data is transferred off of the FitBark, passed through the FitBark app on the iPhone and transferred up to the cloud where that data is stored.

The historical data can then be visualized on any of the iOS devices that are allowed to view the data. In this way, dog owners can have real-time info about the pet’s activity.



Another hint that the FitBark is reasonable is their one-time pricing model. There are no ongoing monthly service fees or memberships required. You buy the hardware device upfront ($99 from their Kickstarter page), and you get the data it produces for free. I”’m guessing they have worked their data hosting costs into the hardware price.

In this way, it really seems like a tool for care and not a stingy racket for recurring fees.

I’m not sure this is a product I myself would ever use, as I tend to think dogs are evolutionarily equipped to survive living in what James Brown would call “a man’s world.” However I can see how loving, caring and yes, reasonable pet owners might like to see this data about their dogs. Because of that, the FitBark seems like a useful piece of hardware.

原文link：http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/01 ... ice-for-pet-owners/

mickeymickey

你打算给丫大爷上一个么

胡须康

回头问问康康要不要

peanut

mickeymickey 发表于 2013-5-2 14:24
你打算给丫大爷上一个么

没钱

peanut

胡须康 发表于 2013-5-2 15:38
回头问问康康要不要

问了吗？康康要吗要吗？

柔瓷娃娃

有点想买~~~

peanut

柔瓷娃娃 发表于 2013-5-2 19:45
有点想买~~~

买了记得给反馈哦

胡须康

peanut 发表于 2013-5-2 19:43
问了吗？康康要吗要吗？

康康说他身材好着呢，腰是腰脖子是脖子的，让我拿钱给他买羊排

peanut

胡须康 发表于 2013-5-2 19:53
康康说他身材好着呢，腰是腰脖子是脖子的，让我拿钱给他买羊排

可以买好几块羊排哦

胡须康

peanut 发表于 2013-5-2 19:54
可以买好几块羊排哦

这么便宜？哪儿有卖

peanut

胡须康 发表于 2013-5-2 19:55
这么便宜？哪儿有卖

fitbark貌似美金99刀，康康的羊排没有那么贵吧？难道。。。康康吃的是传说中的和羊排？

jillqu419

谁用了来反馈一下啊~

胡须康

peanut 发表于 2013-5-2 19:59
fitbark貌似美金99刀，康康的羊排没有那么贵吧？难道。。。康康吃的是传说中的和羊排？  ...

羊排便宜啊，你说可以买好几块羊排，我就以为得这个fitbark也很便宜了

peanut

jillqu419 发表于 2013-5-2 20:09
谁用了来反馈一下啊~

等你啊

peanut

胡须康 发表于 2013-5-3 08:12
羊排便宜啊，你说可以买好几块羊排，我就以为得这个fitbark也很便宜了

好吧，好几十块羊排〜

jillqu419

peanut 发表于 2013-5-3 08:16
等你啊

我家爸爸的确说要买，不过我家有个狗狗计步器，感觉应该也差不多功能吧。从来没用过。

peanut

jillqu419 发表于 2013-5-3 10:56
我家爸爸的确说要买，不过我家有个狗狗计步器，感觉应该也差不多功能吧。从来没用过。 ...

啊？怎么买来没用？我很想看看到底是来干嘛的，减肥？

jillqu419

peanut 发表于 2013-5-3 20:55
啊？怎么买来没用？我很想看看到底是来干嘛的，减肥？

是去VET那的时候送的，应该也是用来记录狗狗的活动量的