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"Nike released its Nike+ FuelBand to the public a year ago this month. If you're unfamiliar with the product, it fits around a user's wrist and provides one common tracking metric for any sort of physical activity. \nThe FuelBand builds on Nike+, a shoe-embedded energy-tracking product the company launched for runners in 2006 and has since expanded to basketball. The FuelBand measures activity in what it calls NikeFuel points using oxygen kinetics, which it says is a better method of measurement than simply counting steps. The device also tracks steps and calories, but fuel points let users compare different sports and activities \u2014 a basketball game vs. a dance class vs. a yoga session vs. a long walk, for example.\nTo mark the FuelBand's one-year anniversary, Nike shared some data with us to show just how active its users have become. The company would not say how many people use the FuelBand as a whole, but the overall Nike+ community is more than 11 million strong. \nSEE ALSO: The Tiny, Powerful Brain Inside Nike's FuelBand\n\nFuel points are a proprietary unit of measurement with plenty of secret sauce involved and this data comes directly from Nike, so take it with a grain of salt. But it's fun to consider nonetheless, so here's what the company shared with us. \nSince FuelBand was introduced a year ago, users have earned more than 409 billion total fuel points. That translates to enough energy for one person to run 44.1 million marathons. Not all FuelBand users are created equal, however. The most active 1% accounts for just over 21% of total fuel points earned. \nToday NikeFuel users earn more than 1 billion points each day. Converted to electricity, all that energy would be enough to power 6,772 houses daily, Nike says. \nForget solar power; imagine the human-powered house. Now there's a thought. \nHave you tried the Nike FuelBand? What do you think of it? Let us know in the comments. \nThumbnail image courtesy Nike"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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