The First Fitbit: How the Fitness Tracker Was Engineered
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. Park became obsessed with his Wii. “I was … Read more