<s>
BodyMedia	B-Device
was	O
a	O
medical	O
and	O
consumer	O
technology	O
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Pittsburgh	O
,	O
Pennsylvania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incorporated	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
BodyMedia	B-Device
developed	O
wearable	O
body	O
monitoring	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
BodyMedia	B-Device
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Jawbone	O
for	O
an	O
estimated	O
$100	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BodyMedia	B-Device
staff	O
published	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
research	O
on	O
wearability	O
of	O
devices	O
in	O
1998	O
and	O
detecting	O
activity	O
context	O
using	O
accelerometers	O
in	O
1999	O
at	O
the	O
2nd	O
and	O
3rd	O
IEEE	O
sponsored	O
International	O
Symposium	O
on	O
Wearable	O
Computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BodyMedia	B-Device
informatics	O
group	O
made	O
available	O
a	O
large	O
anonymised	O
human	O
physiology	O
data	O
set	O
for	O
the	O
2004	O
International	O
Conference	O
on	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
,	O
running	O
a	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
Challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2001	O
and	O
2005	O
,	O
BodyMedia	B-Device
provided	O
healthcare	O
professionals	O
with	O
metabolic	O
assessment	O
and	O
behavioral	O
therapy	O
products	O
for	O
the	O
treatment	O
of	O
obesity	O
,	O
diabetes	O
,	O
and	O
CVD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BodyMedia	B-Device
have	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
hundreds	O
of	O
clinical	O
studies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
U.S.	O
Food	O
and	O
Drug	O
Administration	O
(	O
FDA	O
)	O
classifies	O
BodyMedia	B-Device
as	O
a	O
Class	O
II	O
Medical	O
Device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BodyMedia	B-Device
was	O
demonstrated	O
to	O
be	O
accurate	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
the	O
doubly	O
labeled	O
water	O
method	O
for	O
measuring	O
energy	O
expenditure	O
per	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BodyMedia	B-Device
sold	O
a	O
consumer	O
software	O
product	O
for	O
armband	O
hardware	O
starting	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
consumer	O
web	O
site	O
using	O
BodyMedia	B-Device
armbands	O
was	O
branded	O
;	O
run	O
in	O
the	O
USA	O
by	O
“	O
Dot	O
Fit	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
