AIRO wristband tracks not just sleep, exercise and stress, but also what you eat

Airo Health Introduces Flagship Wearable Health Monitor, the AIRO Wristband

Next-generation device uses spectroscopy to automatically monitor caloric consumption, stress, exercise and sleep quality

WATERLOO, ON – October 28, 2013 – Airo Health today reveals its flagship product, AIRO, a next-generation health-monitoring device. A sleek wristband that automatically monitors nutrition, stress, exercise and sleep, AIRO analyzes caloric consumption, stress patterns, daily exertion and sleep quality to provide actionable insights that coach users towards better overall health.

In the current world of activity trackers, the AIRO wristband stands as a beacon for what is truly possible at the intersection of wearable technology and mobile health. AIRO is the first device that gives users a well-rounded view of their health.

"We built AIRO to help people become more proactive about their health. By aggregating data around the four pillars of health, AIRO notices patterns in your behavior and tells you what you can do, each day, to live a healthier life," explains Abhilash Jayakumar, co-founder and CEO of Airo Health. "We're excited about giving people the ability to take control of their health in a way that has never before been possible."

Nutrition: Nutrition is monitored using different wavelengths of light to look into the blood stream and detect metabolites as they are released while and after you eat. This allows AIRO to measure caloric intake and even the quality of meals consumed, providing recommendations on ways to improve nutrition.

Stress: AIRO utilizes heart rate variability (HRV) to monitor micro-fluctuations in stress throughout the day. With this information, AIRO not only notifies users when their stress level crosses a personal threshold; but also recommends steps to help them recover.

Exercise: Unlike other devices that track steps, AIRO monitors daily exertion through heart rate and caloric burn. AIRO then uses these metrics to detect how intense the activity has been and even checks to see how the body has recovered from activity over the course of the next few days.

Sleep: With a device like AIRO, sleep is monitored by looking at the autonomic nervous system to notice distinct sleep cycles. It recognizes when the body is in deep sleep, light sleep or REM sleep and can calculate how much of a user's night was restorative.

AIRO is now available for pre-order at the launch price of $149 (regularly $199), and will ship in Fall 2014. To find out more information, or to reserve yours, visit www.getAIRO.com.

About Airo Health
Based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Airo Health was founded in early 2013 by three University of Waterloo Engineering graduates (Naman Kumar, Emmanuel DeVries and Abhilash Jayakumar) and has since grown to five employees. The company calls the VeloCity Garage its home base, a co-working space that houses over two-dozen companies founded by University of Waterloo students and alumni.

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