Engineering the First Fitbit: The Fitness Tracker's Creators Had a Billion-Dollar Idea—and a Lot to Learn About Hardware

IF 2.6 4区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.2024.10669240

Tekla S. Perry

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Abstract

It was December 2006. Twenty-nine-year-old entrepreneur James Park had just purchased a Wii game system. It included the Wii Nunchuk, a US $29 handheld controller with motion sensors that let game players interact by moving their bodies–swinging at a baseball, say, or boxing with a virtual partner.

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第一代 Fitbit 的工程设计：健身追踪器的创造者拥有一个价值数十亿美元的创意--以及很多关于硬件的知识

那是 2006 年 12 月。29 岁的企业家詹姆斯-帕克（James Park）刚刚购买了一套 Wii 游戏系统。其中包括售价 29 美元的手持控制器 Wii Nunchuk，它带有运动传感器，可以让游戏玩家通过移动身体进行互动--比如挥动棒球，或者与虚拟伙伴进行拳击。

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IEEE Spectrum 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

0.00%

发文量

254

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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