The DeltaGloves by PureCarbon are the first strength training gloves that track your workout and let you see what a bad a$% you have become. They give you real-time insights into your exercises, sets, and reps so you never lose count. The gloves include printed pressure sensors that detect the weight lifted and provide advanced analytics like power, velocity and explosion so you can show your friends that you truly are the bomb.
The Delta Gloves, and their revolutionary SoftSense technology, were first unveiled on TBS’s America’s Greatest Makers where Team Aseah (now PureCarbon) won $100K as a finalist and undefeated fan favorite. Watch our first pitch.
Whether you know what the F*$K you’re doing, like this guy, or you are still trying to figure it out, the Delta Gloves can improve your workout. Receive guidance throughout your workout to know what is up next and let us count down the reps for you. It’s like having a personal trainer in your ear.
If audio feedback isn’t your thing, you may choose haptic feedback to let you know when your set is complete and when your rest period is over.
The Delta Gloves can be used with free weights, machines and body weight exercises. Want to see how many pushups you can do in a minute? Set the timer and let the Delta Gloves count your reps.
The Delta Gloves can be worn anywhere you workout, whether it be a gym, a bootcamp, a hotel room or even at home.
The DeltaGlove’s puck includes an accelerometer and gyroscope which allow it to identify unique patterns for each exercise.
The SmartSense pressure sensors in the gloves detect the weight lifted when performing an exercise. Weight recognition in the gloves is not a scale on the hands, instead, algorithms were created off of the unique patterns of weight recognition when paired with each exercise. This reduces errors due to grip strength and improves the algorithms for exercise recognition.
The Delta Gloves have a unique design to allow for recognizing the weight lifted regardless of palm orientation while still allowing for bar feel. The removable puck allows for glove washing and replaceability when the gloves wear out. They also allow for you to show off your personal style in the gym with different color gloves. If we hit our $100K stretch goal, we will be introducing options for different color gloves that backers can vote on.
We received patent 9,554,732 from the US Patent and Trademark Office on January 31, 2017 for the Delta Gloves.
When we started we knew we needed to detect weight in the finger tips, but we weren’t sure which ones or how many fingers would need to collect data. We used carbon paper on weight lifters to find the optimal pressure points and redesigned the gloves pattern.
PureCarbon’s co-founders Jonathan and Aleda Schaffer came up with the idea for an online personal trainer platform while training for a triathlon. They wanted to make adding and building workouts super easy as well as find a way to keep people motivated and accountable to their fitness plan.
After shelving the idea for several years, they came up with the idea for the Delta Gloves. Jonathan, an EE with experience building IoT prototypes for Fortune 100 companies, built the proof of concept out of a Wilson glove from his sports equipment. Aleda, an experienced go-to-market strategist, began testing product market fit. Together they realized they had a great product on their hands with a new approach to wearable fitness.
The primary risk is of production delays. Coordinating with an overseas factory and maintaining quality throughout every step is a challenge. In the event that things don’t go as planned, whether it’s a delay in the manufacturing timeline, shipping date, or something else, we promise to communicate honestly with you and work until we resolve the issue.
There is a risk that products will not come exactly as pictured, due to manufacturing considerations. Any style changes will be non-significant to the original look and feel and we will communicate changes with backers promptly. The gloves pictured were produced by our manufacturer so we expect the look and feel to be very close to what you see.