Heart Rate Monitoring Watch

 

As people become more aware of their own health I can see gadgets similar to this Heart Rate Monitoring Watch becoming popular. This elegant analog watch can not only tell the time but it can tell you what your heart rate is at the same time. The time is displayed in a typical three hand watch format and the heart rate is displayed in a digital display form when the watches heart rate button is depressed.

How does the watch determine your heart rate? Well the watch, when strapped to your wrist is able to detect pulses in your arteries of the wrist and display the results back to the display screen with and EKG accuracy reading of ± 1 beat-per-minute. A further feature to the heart rate monitoring watch is that it produces a warning beep when your hear rate falls or exceeds the optimum target range.

Probably most useful for gym enthusisasts the heart rate monitor watch is waterproof and comes with battery included therefore telling the time and determining your heart rate has never been easier.

Available: Amazon

Price: $34.99

Walkie Talkie Star Wars Watches

 

Priced at a fraction under $30, the Star Wars Walkie Talkie Watch is an ideal gift present for Star Wars fans out there.  Using the watches, kids and adults can interact and role play scenes from the film The Clone Wars providing hours of endless fun.

The Walkie Talkie Star Wars Watches are unavailable at the minute; however they are expected to be shipped in March 2009 and are currently accepting pre-orders for them.

The Clone Trooper Walkie Talkie Watches (set of 2 watches) ships March 2009 and can now be pre-ordered from the official Star Wars Shop for $29.99. Includes 2 x watches and batteries to power them.

Price: $29.99
Available: Star Wars Shops

Oregon Scientific Watch

What does your watch do? Well there are watches out there that double up as calculators, flash memory drives, and now watches which can forecast the weather. The Meteo Oregon Scientific weather watch does just that displaying weather icons depending on its prediction, i.e. sunny, rainy, cloudy, and partly cloudy. Specific data including humidity, wind speed, and temperature is not currently available but you can get an idea of what the overall weather is going to be like and impress your geeky friends.

Meteo Weather Forecast Watch Specifications

- Weather forecast using 4 weather icons: sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy and rainy
- Stopwatch function up to 60 hours
- Digital Clock, calendar and alarm functions
- Backlight function for easy viewing in low light conditions
- Water resistant up to 30 metres (98 feet)
- One CR2032 3V battery (included)

Price £40 and available in black only.