SmartMat brings high tech to yoga

Mat links up with your smartphone to monitor your progress

Remember when the Wii brought out Wii Fit and the balance board?

Overnight, we all became yoga fanatics with a digital trainer to help us refine our technique.

A new smart yoga mat is hoping to achieve something similar.

The Smartmat has sensors built into it that monitor your alignment and balance to make sure you have the correct position and weight distribution, and feeds the information back to your smartphone or tablet. You can use it at home to practice or in class to monitor your progress.

It can even be used with hot yoga classes, although there is no guarantee your smartphone would survive the high temperatures. http://www.smartmat.com

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