Nike + iPod Sport Kit teardown
August 7th, 2006
Nike and Apple recently came out with the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, an accessory which turns an iPod Nano into a running training device. The main component is a small pod containing an accelerometer that attaches to your shoe and transmits sensor data back to an attachment on the iPod’s docking connector. Some Nike shoes apparently have a special pocket to insert the pod, but there is at least one hack for attaching the Nike+iPod sensor to non-Nike running shoes.
This week’s EE Times has a teardown showing how the pair of devices are put together. The retail price is only $30, and the sensor pod is sealed, meaning that when the lithium battery runs out you get a new pod. They apparently last for a while, though.
I don’t run much with an iPod lately, but if I switch to an iPod Nano at some point this might be an interesting running gadget to try out.
Tags: apple, fitness, gadgets, health, ipod, nike, running, training