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hey guys this is Ryan Bennett for cnet.com and we are at CES 2013 and we're taking a look at this new device it's called the basis van from basis science now a lot of the news of this show has been about wearable technology and this device the basis band is a perfect example this trend you may think it looks like a ordinary watch but actually it is a fitness tracker it tracks your steps and also will track your sleep patterns and additionally on top of that it even will monitor your heart rate as well as your sweat perspiration and also the temperature of your skin during your workouts and another thing that's really nice about this device is that it will connect to Android smartphones using a companion app as well as iOS in the future for iPhones and let you establish healthy habits to increase your health just you're essentially your quality of life to create a better way of living so one of the unique things about the basis band that separates it from other fitness trackers is that it reports your sleep automatically and you don't have to actually kick the device into sleep mode before you go to bed or turn it off when you wake up now the basis band has been shown here first at CES 2012 but it's just start shipping so you probably be able to get your hands on it for the next few weeks but it will cost you $1.99 so that's a little bit more expensive than a typical watch but for all the features it has it's certainly worth looking at I'm Brian Bennett and this has been a first look at the basis band from basic science check back at cnet.com for a full review you