INNOVATIONS: Equisense
The first project developed at Equisense is a unit that is placed on the horse and serves to measure and analyse the animal's gait, to follow up its workout sessions, even when several riders mount that horse. For example, it allows you to have a precise vision of an obstacle circuit, where both performance and progress can be recorded: stride length, trajectories, jump curves, speed attained ... It therefore is an overall performance monitor that helps riders to adapt their work schedules to the horse; it is also accurate and easy to use. "It is perfect for all riders who mount more than once a week", adds Benoît Blancher. "Our objective is to enable riders, whatever their level and horsemanship skills, to progress and to take care of their horses' well-being". [To this end, it authorizes the riders to integrate the health care system for their horses. A print-out is available. The vet. can also follow the treatments he/she has administered, notably when it comes to locomotion.
The sensor is full autonomous: it lights up and detects when it is on a horse's back and automatically records the data and forwards them to a phone, when the latter is close enough. "The following step will be to distinguish which horse it is on", adds Benoît. For the moment the interface is in English, French and German and can be used to record several horses as well as several riders. "We create a rider's profile and a horse profile and these can be shared among other riders", explains Benoît.
There is also a special interface for the trainers who can thus follow the workouts. Also propose special offers for professionals, notably a subscription where they can simultaneously benefit from an extensive series of sensors supplied under contract". The start-up has been testing viable prototypes for several months now and is getting the sales model ready for a market launch. "We raised the funds needed this summer and we are preparing a fund-raising campaign on Kickstarter, end October, so that we can propose our equipment directly to the American markets which tend to welcome technological innovations". The market launch for the first devices is planned for year 2016.
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