Gold Coast marathon runner alive on the internet
In a world first, the progress and fitness of a runner in the Gold Coast Marathon in Australia was monitored live on the internet.
The system was developed by Gold Coast company Alive Technologies.
The system uses the Alive Heart Monitor, a Bluetooth GPS and Bluetooth mobile phone worn by the runner.
The mobile phone transmits all the data to a web server via GPRS over the mobile phone network.
Alive Technologies in collaboration with Bond Wireless have developed a special website, www.alivetechnologies.com to allow anyone to monitor the progress of Nick Hamilton, the research and development manager for Bond Wireless, during the Half Marathon.
Anyone can connect to the website and see the runner's position on a map of the Gold Coast Marathon course in real time, with a graph of his ECG, heart rate, speed and altitude. .Live
Event was Broadcast
Australia
Sunday 4th June 2004 6.30 AM Australian EST
Europe
Saturday 3rd June 2004 10.30 PM CEST
USA East
Coast
4.30 PM EDT
USA West
Coast
1.30 PM PDT
Description, Browser Configuration and Demonstration
Nick Hamilton finishes the Gold Coast Half Marathon (21 km) in 1 hour 46 minutes. A small back pack contained the Bluetooth GPS and phone for the live transmission
Gold Coast Half Marathon Course
The Alive Heart Monitor transmits ECG and heart rate information in real time to Bluetooth enabled devices including phones, PDAs, PCs and access points, with a range of over 100m
The information is then sent on by mobile phone networks and the internet for remote monitoring on any browser using a java applet