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if you're a runner who's trying to gather a lot of stats about your run or maybe trying to change your forms and you might be interested in something like these what are they smart socks I'm Jessica's all-court from CNN and these are the censorious smart socks I'm gonna walk you through the system because it's a little bit bizarre you'll notice that the socks are labeled right and left and there's a reason for that that we'll get to in a minute but for now I'm just gonna put them on there are studs on the front of the sock and this is because we're going to attach this kind of cut this is an anklet and it attaches magnetically and this is what's going to collect the data from our run so this cuff only measures one sock at a time so you can either have one sock and switch it for your run if you're trying to get data on your right foot and left foot performance because that could vary or you could spring for a second cup now when you put the cuff all and see it pops off kind of easily so this is the best part you have to make sure that you cup the sock over the anklet creating this beautiful bulbous package right here each sock has three textile sensors sewn directly into the material now it's these sensors that are measuring the pressure of the foot that you run and that can help you determine if you are a ride the foot striker or a heel striker the data from the sensors on the bottom of the foot talked to the anklet which all go into this free app for Android or iOS that's where you're going to learn everything about your run after the fact including your cadence your pace your distance your route that's been collected through GPS and all importantly if you're landing on the ball of your foot or on that heel and you want it to be the ball in addition the app can help keep you on track there is an optional metronome that will tell you when you're off cadence there are voice updates that let you know things like your pace and how far you've gone how many steps you've taken you can also put it in a distance goal or a time goal and the app will let you know as you're running whether you've reached that goal there are some line graphs after the fact - and you can also look up your statistics online on the Santori at dashboard overall the whole system is complicated as it is is trying to give you a very detailed picture of your runs so that you can train or so that you can improve your form there's a lot more to know about the whole sensoria smart sock system you should definitely check out my full review at Cena comm for all the pros and cons