Innovation of the week: Smart running shorts

Meet the "personal running coach for your posterior"

Lumo smart shorts
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A pair of motion-tracking athletic shorts acts as a "personal running coach for your posterior," said Stephanie Mlot at PC Mag​. Lumo Run's built-in sensors measure running rhythm, stride length, ground-contact time, and pelvic rotation to provide runners with "lab-level feedback" on their form and performance.

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