Whether you’re running a marathon, embarking on a cross-country ski run, or biking the Tour de France, you need to know how much your body can handle. Next time you take up any of those athletic challenges, just slip a sensor over your thigh and you’ll find out exactly how much intensity you can give.
Humon, a company born in 2015 from a research project at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, announced last month its first product, Hex, a wearable that detects how much oxygen your muscles are consuming — in real-time.
The Hex works by emitting LED light into your quadriceps.