2016 International Consumer Electronics Show

As if overnight, colleagues who seemed to be insulated from the movement in the circle of friends began to run in droves. Running at night, this ancient and trendy sport, with the popularity of social software, has gradually become popular in major cities in China. More and more office workers began to run up in the night city, exercise their own body, relieve fatigue of the day.

However, the recent information on the disappearance of a female teacher in Baoji, Shaanxi Province, gave cold water to the night running, and the safety and security of night running began to receive public attention. All sorts of big V and police officials began to publish an article advising women not to go out to run too late at night, not to run alone, and not to be too exposed and bright when running.

Different from these suggestions to discourage female night running, some smart hardware companies continue to encourage people to run at night. They add various convenient functions to their products, not only making them more comfortable at night, but also during night running. Also become more secure.

Smart shoes: Positioning function, shoes use reflective materials

In the past year or two, more and more sports shoe manufacturers have begun to devote themselves to the field of smart shoes. Among them, smart shoe manufacturers such as Li Ning and Shuang Chi have specially developed smart shoe products for runners. These products are also designed to take into account the night running situation. In the design, not only the use of lightweight heat-dissipating materials, but also generally use a reflective epidermis, can reflect the lights of motor vehicles, so that runners running at night It is safer.

At the same time, the positioning elements in the smart shoes can allow other people to determine their own position through the software on the mobile phone or the computer. Even in the event of a sudden situation, they can quickly locate the position of the night runner and ensure a greater degree of night running. Security.

In addition, the relevant software for smart shoes on mobile phones also determines whether the wearer is in a safe location based on the wearer's position. If it belongs to a dangerous area, the mobile phone will issue a reminder to let the wearer pay attention to the surrounding situation and try to avoid this dangerous area.

Through these designs, we can see the smart shoe manufacturers' attention to the night running crowd. With the further improvement of the function of smart shoes, smart shoes in the future will have more abundant content to ensure the safety of night running.

Smart Watch: One-click help function

At present, the hottest smart watches on the market are for children, including smart geniuses, 360 children's guards and other smart watches are children's watches. These watches focus on children's safety, a one-click help function specifically designed for children. Once the long button position exceeds 3 seconds, the watch will send out a distress signal, and the alarm will sound immediately on the mobile terminal of all contacts.

This function can also be applied to sports smart watches.

With the scramble of the Apple Watch, more and more people wear Apple’s sports smart watches. In addition to these steps, the watches can not only be able to count steps, can be positioned, but also give training advice. Help function. Through this function, people who run at night can seek help for the first time when they are in danger, and they can fight for rescue as much as possible.

The smart watch is a good accessory for night running. If you like to run alone in a quiet place such as a wetland promenade, a quiet place in a park, or a lakeside path, wearing a smart watch is a good choice.

Smart Necklace: Tracking function

Smart Necklace's tracking function can also help night crowds. A smart necklace from Finland, Yepzon, has this tracking function.

Yepzon has GPS and NFC modules. It can be paired with NFC and mobile devices, including Android, iOS, Windows Phone and other platforms. It has no buttons at all, which means it is always on. No registration or password is required.

This device combines Bluetooth near-field positioning, GPS/Glonass satellite positioning and mobile network positioning. This means that whether the wearer is next door or on the other side of the earth, you can track it. As for the design, the waterproof Yepzon looks like a miniature computer mouse and weighs about 60 grams. It also comes with a strong rope that can be worn on the wearer's clothing or in a pocket.

It is these features of the smart necklace that make night runners feel safer and more comfortable when running.

There is nothing wrong with female night running. What we should do is how to make them safer at night. It is true that this society cannot guarantee the safety of all people. But when problems arise, we should not stop them, but we must think of ways to make the environment better. Perhaps this is the most correct approach.