io has reported on a new smartwatch designed to monitor fitness and detect if the wearer is idle, walking, jogging or sprinting, while also counting their steps.
Called Piko, it is an ESP32-powered smartwatch made from an ESP32 Beetle C6, an attached accelerometer with simple thresholds and a 240x240 IPS TFT LCD display, a LIS331HH triple-axis accelerometer, a 200mAh battery and a watch strap, all 3D-printed in PLA.
All the source code is available under an MIT licence for those inspired by its aesthetic and functionality, reminiscent of the Tamagotchi and pixel art.
This shows how wearable technology can help monitor fitness and health, and the potential for using smartwatches to collect and analyse different datasets for other purposes, such as potentially helping to manage epidemics.
