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Communications for Overlanding (GMRS & Satellite 2-way messengers)

It's critically important to have a means to communicate when off-grid. I did a deep-dive on both satellite 2 way messengers and also 2-way GMRS radios and thought I'd share the results here in case anybody else is going down the same rabbit hole

Map of Apple Watch fitness apps and data

Map of Apple Watch fitness apps and data

You have your Apple Watch and/or activity tracker or sportwatch and now you want to know how to connect all those apps that are piling up on your watch and phone. Here is the beginning of a map that shows everything as follows: * Heart rate sensors on the left

Comstock Magazine article on wearables

Comstock Magazine article on wearables

[http://www.troyangrignon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2015-03-11-22.47.46.png] Comstock’s Magazine in Sacramento has just published an article on 2015 being the year of the wearables [http://www.comstocksmag.com/longreads/dress-success?utm_campaign=Are%20you%20ready%20for%20the%20wearable%20tech%20invasion?&utm_medium=email&utm_source=

CES 2015 Report on Wearables

CES 2015 Report on Wearables

At the beginning of January, I attended CES 2015 [http://www.cnet.com/news/ces-2015-the-final-word/]in Las Vegas to see what patterns were emerging in consumer technology, specifically in the arenas of health, fitness, wellness, and and consumer medical. It’s taken a month or so to digest what I

Wearable tech decision tree

Wearable tech decision tree

Here it is, the simplest decision tree I can build for choosing your wearable sleep, activity, fitness, or sport tracking device(s). I’ll modify it as I get more inputs. 1. decide what you want to track, sleep or activity? (if both, follow both) 2. if they match, then

OMSignal smart shirts make me doubt the smart clothing market

OMSignal smart shirts make me doubt the smart clothing market

I ordered my OMSignal shirt from the crowd-funding launch page back in May 2014. 8 months and 50 “exciting updates from the founders” later, I received it. Last week, I tested it on a hard workout at my gym and within about 10 minutes I was ready to call the

Comparing FitBit SurgeHR and Garmin 920XT

Comparing FitBit SurgeHR and Garmin 920XT

Today I’m comparing the new FitBit Surge HR [https://www.fitbit.com/surge] fitness watch with the Garmin 920 XT [http://forerunner920.garmin.com/en-US] sport watch. I ran them through two very different tests so that I could compare the data quality and the user interface presented from

Wearable customer segmentation: Using maturity level for nuanced customer analysis

Product Management

Wearable customer segmentation: Using maturity level for nuanced customer analysis

C [http://www.troyangrignon.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2015-01-24-18.36.14.png] ustomer Maturity Model It’s not really possible to do good, quality market analysis in the wearable space (or perhaps any space) without taking into account both user-type (which really defines the use case) and also something I

The best smartwatch or fitness band in Q1 2015

The best smartwatch or fitness band in Q1 2015

Here is a grid that will help you choose the best smartwatch or fitness band no matter what kind of athlete you are. I’ve included only the best and left the rest off. There are a lot of tools not worth using. These are some, if not all, of

The Best Heart Rate Strap : Comparing Scosche Rhythm+, Mio Link, 4iiiii Viiiiiva, Wahoo KickrX

The Best Heart Rate Strap : Comparing Scosche Rhythm+, Mio Link, 4iiiii Viiiiiva, Wahoo KickrX

I do a ton of sports tech testing. Some days it feels like I’m on a never-ending search to find the best heart rate strap. I’ve tested them all. However, straps are boring to video record so this will just be a text-based blog post. In short, here

Comparing Sleep Trackers: Jawbone Up24, Basis Peak, S+ by ResMed, Sleeprate, Garmin 920XT, Fitbit

Comparing Sleep Trackers: Jawbone Up24, Basis Peak, S+ by ResMed, Sleeprate, Garmin 920XT, Fitbit

In this video (at the bottom of this post), I compare sleep trackers to see which ones function best. THE CANDIDATES (and their sensors) * Jawbone Up24 (3d accelerometer) * Basis Peak (continuous heart rate, skin temperature, perspiration, 3d accelerometer) * S+ by ResMed (movement as read by the echo-location of low-power signals

How Apple Watch will create new winners and losers in the wearables ecosystem

How Apple Watch will create new winners and losers in the wearables ecosystem

Apple released news about their new Apple Watch today and overall I have to say I’m fairly impressed. In the smart watch category, there are a couple of key things that have to be handled in order to secure a large total addressable market and these have been major

Market Map: Health and Sports Apps and Devices

Market Map: Health and Sports Apps and Devices

A first attempt to provide a simplified look at the devices and apps market by looking at the wireless protocols across the X (time) axis and depth / complexity of feature set on the Y axis. Let me know if you think this works…or doesn’t. I’m not convinced

Building a map of sensors, devices, apps, displays, protocols, agents, and end-points. (phew!)

Building a map of sensors, devices, apps, displays, protocols, agents, and end-points. (phew!)

As many of you know, I’ve been looking a lot lately at the sport tech wearables space. It’s amazing how complicated it is. I was experimenting with a way of modeling it out so that people can see what I mean. Not sure this is the right way

The traditional GPS sport watch ecosystem is too slow-moving and will be disrupted by the apps market

The traditional GPS sport watch ecosystem is too slow-moving and will be disrupted by the apps market

I’ve been testing old world vs. new world lately in GPS watches vs. applications. It’s interesting to see the generation gaps. In short, the iPhone (mostly the iPhone and not Android because it was further ahead and simpler to code for when using Bluetooth LE – a derivative subset

Review of the Wearable Technologies Conference July 22/23 2013

Review of the Wearable Technologies Conference July 22/23 2013

The second-ever Wearable Technologies Conference hosted and run by Wearable Technologies AG (link) from Germany, was held here in San Francisco July 22/23. Attendees came from R&D labs, early-stage idea companies, crowd-funded startups, and large electronics manufacturers. It was great to see the energy, enthusiasm, curiosity, and innovation

A Tale of Five Garmins (310XT, 910XT, FR610, FR620, and Tactix)

A Tale of Five Garmins (310XT, 910XT, FR610, FR620, and Tactix)

Garmin Running Watches/Sports & Fitness Trackers I’m always looking to see what’s happening in the Wearable Technology space at the same time as I’m looking for what I will use day to day for my own training across a number of different sports. I’m hard on

The Density and Complexity of the Quantified Tools Ecosystem is Increasing Rapidly

The Density and Complexity of the Quantified Tools Ecosystem is Increasing Rapidly

Here is a first pass at capturing some of the major integration points (and directions) between the various sensors, mobile phone apps, watches, bands, scales, hardware vendor sites, and aggregator sites. This is only a small part of what’s really there. Interesting to see how quickly this is getting

Fitness Device Comparison: Nike Fuel, Jawbone, Fitbit Flex, Basis B1, Fitbit Force, Misfit Shine, Polar Loop

Fitness Device Comparison: Nike Fuel, Jawbone, Fitbit Flex, Basis B1, Fitbit Force, Misfit Shine, Polar Loop

There are hundreds of reviews out there on the current and upcoming fitness bands. I’ve destroyed and/or lost many of them and have a high bar for what they need to do to be useful. My plan is to keep this table up to date as I test

I'm in the June/July/August issue of Backbone Magazine talking about cleantech in Canada

I'm in the June/July/August issue of Backbone Magazine talking about cleantech in Canada

Backbone Magazine has just published a great overview of the cleantech sector in Canada that contains quotes from a number of notable people in the space including Kirk Washington (Yaletown Venture Partners [http://www.yaletown.com/] ), Victoria Smith (BC Hydro [http://www.bchydro.com/]), Rick Whittaker ( Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Startup Lessons Learned Simulcast this Friday April 23rd in Vancouver. Learn how to build fast-cycle lean startups.

Startup Lessons Learned Simulcast this Friday April 23rd in Vancouver. Learn how to build fast-cycle lean startups.

I’m super excited to be part of the crew (along with Bootup Entrepreneurial Society) bringing the Startup Lessons Learned conference to town via simulcast this Friday April 23rd. For those of you who don’t know, the Lean Startup movement (a derivative of lean manufacturing) was kicked off by

Two curves: My view on the BC cleantech sector at the beginning of 2010

I was asked recently what I had learned from my informal survey of the local BC cleantech sector. This was my response and I was encouraged to share it more widely. I’d love your own thoughts on the following. Dear (Friend): You asked about my view on the cleantech