While many think of Arduino as strictly for hobbyists, its ease of use makes it a great tool for prototyping products for the mass market. The designers of the Fitbit, a device for tracking your level of activity throughout the day, wrote to the Arduino team to tell them that they’ve been doing just that:
We had a nice note from Shelten Yuen to say “We’ve been using Arduino for rapid prototyping for a few years now. It’s been a great tool for us in trying things out quickly.” It’s always nice to hear how people use Arduino at work as well as in their hobbies.
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Thanks for sharing! Very interesting how the Arduino can be a tool to do Rapid Prototyping for the mass market.
I really love my tiny new Fitbit! – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0095PZHZE/?&tag=339-20&ie=UTF8 It motivates me to move more and is more accurate than a pedometer. It’s so tiny and fits right on my waist. Love it!