The Global Corporate Challenge® 2009 pedometer is a product of six long years of extensive research, development and rigorous testing. Due to the fact that no other pedometer program, and hence no other pedometer is used as demandingly as the GCC pedometer, each year we gain a better understanding of how our pedometers perform in the field, which is the GCC. Our sample size of 99,500 people has resulted in nearly 140 billion walking steps over five years.
The 2009 GCC pedometer has been designed and engineered by 10 specific pedometer engineers, and perfected through gruelling laboratory testing. The GCC pedometer is one of the hardest working in the world, and it needs to be able to deliver accurate readings while also withstanding the rigours of daily use over the 125-day period of the event.
The accuracy of the pedometers is critical. Near enough just isn't good enough, so, every year, participants receive the culmination of 12 months worth of testing, refinement and new technology. Only after withstanding third party lab testing on its durability and exceeding the GCC accuracy benchmarks, will any GCC pedometer be approved for distribution. It is not uncommon for your pedometer readings to vary from 1%-3% from time to time, depending upon a host of factors from how you wear it, whether you are leaning, changes in gait or even the size of your waist.
The GCC pedometer combines the principles of equilibrium and inertia with the technology of digital processing to record your step count. Your GCC Pedometer comprises a mechanical movement sensor, electronic circuit board, LCD display and battery power source (LR1130 alkaline cell battery).
Inside the unit a tiny spring-set horizontal arm moves up and down as you walk, measuring the vertical movement of your hips and activating a motion-sensitive electrical circuit. This measurement is then processed by a software application and displayed on the pedometer's LCD screen.
Research and development provides technical advances but testing is what provides us with the knowledge that things will work. Here are just some of the tests we have had every pedometer certified on via third party testing. As you can see, the GCC pedometer goes through a demanding schedule of diagnostics before they are even seen by participants.
Machine testing every single pedometer and rejecting any that fall outside our quality performance range.
Vertical, upright and horizontal compression testing to load failure ensures the frame structure exceeds the required strength standards to earn certification for GCC use.
Machine weight bearing tests to ensure pedometer clips pass the high benchmark strength requirements set by the GCC.
GCC pedometers are worn on suits, dresses, jeans, skirts, shorts, tracksuits... they are worn in meetings, at desks, on planes, at the football and around the house... they work flat out for the 125 days of the GCC and they are bumped, thumped, dropped, and stretched.
In response with 6 years feedback from our participants, our testing and development is made so stringent to ensure the GCC pedometers are strong, simple to use lightweight, durable, unobtrusive and discreet.
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