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(Tech News) Apr 10, 2011 – Grenoble, France – Movea, a universe personality in suit technology, has combined a wireless, miniaturised, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) which uses MEMS sensors to fairly magnitude 9 Degree-of-Freedom (DOF) suit with a PCB procedure which is about a distance of a tiny wristwatch. The MotionPod™ is a law hardware resolution for suit intuiting which incorporates a 3-axis accelerometer, a 3-axis gyroscope as good as a 3-axis magnetometer in entirely integrated package finish with program as good as wireless interface. The miniaturized MotionPod is right away an off-the-shelf component, ready to be used in a far-reaching operation of applications together with fitness, gaming, as good as sports. It is additionally successfully being used by RM Ingénierie, a auxiliary of a CEGEDIM Group, to capacitate a latest era of groundbreaking corner comment as good as reconstruction applications.

“The MotionPod is a undiluted resolution for a illness as good as aptness market,” explained Sam Guilaumé, Movea’s CEO. “This nine-axis intuiting device provides precise, real-time bony report with a energetic correctness of 1 degree, enabling really correct dimensions of reconstruction as good as aptness activities. We’re really vehement which RM Ingénierie has comparison Movea’s MotionPod for their innovative reconstruction solution.”

RM Ingénierie, which specializes in healing as good as paramedical government software, uses Movea MotionPods in their Physical Rehabilitation solution. The MotionPods constraint prong transformation as good as yield correct report on prong course as good as mobility. MotionPods yield a quick as good as correct jot down of a patient’s swell to be used for biofeedback in to investigate as good as exercises, creation prong reconstruction enchanting as good as fun by enchanting a patient.

Pierre Foucault, CEO during RMI, explained, “Our speciality is in formulating program for healing applications. MotionPods yield us with just a interpretation you need from a sensors but us carrying to deposit time as good as bid in a sum of how it is obtained. This is a undiluted block as good as fool around resolution which helps us get to marketplace fast secure in a believe which you can rest on a Movea’s imagination in suit technology.”

A singular MotionPod can yield report similar to operation of motion, rotation, speed, as good as acceleration. Multiple MotionPods can additionally be networked to accumulate report concurrently from opposite tools of a physique for applications such as opening investigate as good as full physique suit capture. The MotionPod measures 33x22x15mm (1.3″x0.8″x0.6″) as good as weighs 14g (0.5 oz). It is written to shave onto a tag for easy tie to a physique or even to be patched without delay onto a body.

Each MotionPod has a built-in, 2.4GHz wireless conductor which uses Movea’s exclusive wireless jot down to broach a operation of up to 30m (100 ft) with really low energy expenditure to maximize battery life, on condition which up to 8 hours of usage. Data from a MotionPod is transmitted wireless to a receiver that’s continuous to a mechanism around a customary USB connection. Up to 32 MotionPods can be continuous to a singular MotionController.

The MotionPod comes with Movea’s SmartMotion™ Development Kit (SMDK) which provides a Windows-based API permitting focus developers, systems integrators as good as OEMs to fast confederate as good as customize a operate of wireless multi-sensors in their applications. It additionally includes a messenger application, a MotionDevTool™ which has an discerning graphical user interface for real-time cognisance as good as integration.

“The MotionPod as good as SMDK precedence twenty years of knowledge in suit jot down to renovate a tender interpretation from a sensors in to easy to operate report for resolution providers,” combined Sam Guilaumé. “Our SmartMotion jot down takes caring of all of a sensor configuring as good as interpretation fusion, enabling a apparatus builder to combine on their area of expertise. Application developers opposite a house from earthy reconstruction as good as competition disinfectant to biomechanics as good as healing investigate centres right away have entrance to an off-the-shelf, finish suit intuiting resolution which is ready to muster in to last products.”

Pricing for MotionPod as good as SmartMotion Development Kit have been accessible on request, greatfully hit sales ( @ ) movea dot comThis e-mail residence is being stable from spambots dot You need JavaScript enabled to perspective it for some-more report dot

Pricing for BioVal, a earthy reconstruction resolution grown by RM Ingénierie is accessible on request, greatfully hit hit ( @ ) rminformatique dot comThis e-mail residence is being stable from spambots dot You need JavaScript enabled to perspective it for some-more report dot

SmartMotion by Movea
Movea is a heading provider of suit estimate chips, software, firmware, as good as IP for a Consumer Electronics industry. Movea’s singular suit estimate capabilities capacitate business as good as partners to fast supplement suit comprehension to their products, definition marked down risk, cost, as good as Time-to-Market for delivering constrained latest motion-based facilities which emanate some-more end-user value. Movea has a tellurian strech with domicile in Grenoble, France, a U.S. auxiliary in Silicon Valley, California, as good as jot down partners, production partners as good as distributors around a world. Further report about Movea can be found during www.movea.com.

Movea contact: Nigel Robson, Vortex PR, Tel: +44 (0) 1481 233080, E-Mail: nigel ( @ ) vortexpr dot com

MotionPod images can be downloaded from http://www.movea.com/images/stories/press_downloads/Movea%209axis%20MotionPod.zip

SmartMotion, MotionPod, MotionController as good as MotionDevTool have been trademarks of Movea SA

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E-Mail: nigel ( @ ) vortexpr dot com
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