Parrot Zik Sport are a new pair of headphones presented by Parrot at CES 2015, they being dedicated mainly to those who do fitness. Although they look exactly like a normal pair of headphones, Parrot Zik Sport have included a series of biometric sensors that allow the monitoring of our vital functions and the transmission of data to a dedicated application.
Parrot Zik Sport use a connection Bluetooth LE to communicate with our mobile terminals, the biometric data being stored in the dedicated Parrot application. In this idea, it can give us an overview of all our daily activities, everything being organized in intuitive diagrams that allow us to improve our performance over time.
More than that, Parrot Zik Sport they are able to perform the normal functions of some headphones, so they can transmit audio sounds to our ears. In this idea, the headphones are capable of playing DSP sounds at 32 bits and have implemented an adaptive system to cancel background noises, Parrot implementing a so-called "Street Mode" that allows listening to the noises around us.
Parrot Zik Sport – smart headphones arrive at CES 2015
Regarding the monitored vital functions, the Parrot Zik Sport can provide details about fitness activities and not about heart rate or other similar information. In this idea, you will find out how fast you will move, what is the cadence, the vertical oscillation and other details suitable for a person who does fitness constantly to keep in shape.
For now, it is not known when the Parrot Zik Sport headphones will be available and at what price.
