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A woman demonstrates the Fitness Assistant intelligent tracksuit, which uses an array of accelerometers embedded in the fabric to detect her movements. The white object on the back of the jacket is one of two that pool data from the accelerometers and route it to a PDA programmed with a personal exercise plan.











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Willie Jones
Willie Jones is an associate editor at IEEE Spectrum. In addition to editing and planning daily coverage, he manages several of Spectrum's newsletters and contributes regularly to the monthly Big Picture section that appears in the print edition.
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