Gallery: How the Misfit Shine Reinvents What a Fitness Tracker Should Be

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    The Shine, a new activity tracker, looks to push the hardware design of wearables into more elegant, less fitness-y territory. *Photo: Misfit Wearables*
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    With its sleek design and unique method of synching with smartphones, it pushes wearables into new territory. *Photo: Misfit Wearables*
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    And also more versatile. The disc comes with a number of accessories, letting you pick how to wear it - for example, a clip attachment allows you to wear it attached to a jacket or pocket. *Photo: Alex Washburn/WIRED*
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    Here, a leather watch band. *Photo: Misfit Wearables*
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    A necklace. *Photo: Misfit Wearables*
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    The sport band. *Photo: Alex Washburn/WIRED*
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    The wearable, syncing with its iPhone app. *Photo: Alex Washburn/WIRED*
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