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Myontec’s smart shorts can measure your muscle-power

Knowing how many steps you’ve taken when walking the dog is all well and good, but what actual workout is it giving your quads? Well, now you can find out with Myontec’s advanced wearable Mbody system. These MShorts contain a sensor web woven into the material that monitors the electrical activity of your muscles – their electromyography, if you will – and flings the data to the attached MCell module for analysis, before beaming it in real-time to the Mbody Live Android app. Who wears smart shorts? Currently Red Bull daredevils, the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins for training and rehabilitation, oh, and now you… $1,299, myontec.com