CES 2014: Zepp swings into gear with sports sensor

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• Weighs just 6 grams%3B pops on to your club%2C racket or bat
• Compatible with Android and iOS devices

LAS VEGAS — Those of us weekend warriors who like to take a swing at things have a new gizmo to help improve our game.

The $149 Zepp sensor works for three sports — golf, tennis and baseball - capturing, measuring and analyzing your swing in three dimensions. It records 1,000 data points per second.

You just pop the sensor onto your club, bat or racket. It weighs just 6 grams. Compatible smartphone apps for iOS and Android devices crunch all the data to let you know things like velocity, arc and more.

Zepp CEO Jason Fass stopped in at the 2014 International CES to show off the product, which launched in November. It's available at Apple Stores and online at zepp.com.

Fass, who formerly worked at Apple and Jawbone, says that as for himself: "I am not the world's best golf, baseball or tennis player. Ironically, those are the products we have."

The Zepp sensor has two accelerometers, a gyro, Bluetooth and "a bunch of storage."

This is good news, people. Connected gear and apps are starting to extend beyond the world of runners, cyclists, swimmers and gym rats.

Zepp joins an emerging niche aimed at folks who like more game-oriented sports. Startup 94Fifty's $300 Bluetooth-connected basketball bounced onto the scene earlier this year for iOS devices. And Babolat's $400 connected Babolat Play tennis racket hit the market recently.

At CES, Sony announced it too will be getting into the game. It's displaying a prototype tennis sensor that attaches to a racket and can analyze and record information including swing speed and ball spin for later review on a smartphone.

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