Intel additional investment smart watch Basisband

Intel Tracker smart watch Basisband "Sohu It News" (Ma Jofe) October 9 foreign media reported that chip giant Intel added 11.75 million dollars to the wearable equipment manufacturing company, basis Science has completed a 23 million-dollar B-round financing. The start-up company Basis Science focuses on the development of the high-end smart watch Basis band, which has built-in heart rate monitors, exercise intensity monitors, perspiration tracking, and skin temperature readings to fully analyze the user's movement data. Basis Band is priced at $199, and is about 75 to 100 dollars more expensive than the competitor Fitbit Flex and Nike's FuelBand. Intel says that by collecting heart rates, skin and ambient temperature data and trajectory, basis band based on multiple data can have a deeper understanding of the user's personal health and analysis of individual behavioral data. This functional appeal in the increasingly competitive market for wearable equipment, especially health equipment in the lead. At the end of last month, we reported that Intel also invested in Recon capital, the company's product is a smart glasses, is considered a Google Glass important competitor. Clearly, Intel considers wearable equipment to be an important development direction in the future.