Gallery: The Pryme Smart Cup Tells You How Much Water to Drink. Seriously

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    Pryme in Hand

    This is Pryme. It's a smart cup that tells you how much water to drink, and when.
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    App Insight

    The underpinning idea to Pryme is that everyone has unique hydration needs. To determine those, Pryme looks at personal factors and at data from your fitness tracker.
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    Pryme on Desk

    “If you’re Shaquille O’Neal or Taylor Swift…or a lactating mom or a triathlete, you should be drinking different amounts of water,” says Nic Barnes, head of branding at Mark One, the company that makes Pryme.
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    App PrymeTime

    The cup has sensors that track how much water you're drinking, and at what pace and time. It sends that to an app, which uses a series of simple graphics to convey your hydration status.
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    App Timeline

    That clean line at the top is a status bar, indicating where you are in relation to your "Pryme" hydration level.
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    Pryme Workout

    Whether you find it a useful idea or not, Pryme is a proof of concept that mining and processing personal data can translate to clear, actionable user experiences.
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