USF students invent hydration gadget

The calendar may say October 29th, but hey, we know in Florida it is still hot out there this time of year. Nash was showing this earlier, still 85 degrees at Siesta Beach. My goodness, the beach does look lovely though, right? But the humidity, you notice the humidity is back and forth today. And in conditions like these, staying hydrated, it's not always as simple as it sounds. In fact, it's something that Weighed heavily on some busy USF students. So, they invented a smart new gadget to make sure that no one ever misses a sip. FOX 13's Ariel Placencia has more. So does anybody have trouble remembering how much water you've drank so far today? I mean, between everyday life, errands, work, classes, you name it, it can be hard to keep track. Well, a group of USF students is trying to change all that. Sleep, workouts, food, steps, anything, you name it, we track it. And so why not your water intake too? Enter Sip, a removable smart sleeve that goes on the bottom of your water bottle. And basically, it acts like a mini scale. Every time you take a sip, you put your bottle back down on a flat surface, and once it knows that it is on a flat surface, it takes a measurement. That sleeve is connected to an app, which is where users enter in data like their age, height, weight. They can also log their workouts there too. For example, what sport, for how long, and in what temperature. The app can also sync to any smart technology you're already wearing, like an Apple Watch or Oura Ring. And you can log other beverages you've drank outside the sleeve too. As the day goes on, the app takes all this information and tracks your hydration, sending you reminders along the way. If we see that someone is very responsive to those, then they get more frequent and more kind of repetitive and if not, then we adapt in other ways. The idea was born after co-founder and former USF soccer player Matti Forshagen suffered a severe dehydration episode that ultimately cut his season short. His former teammate and roommate says SIP can be a game changer for busy student athletes. Getting lost in your routine throughout the day with school, training, lifts, trying to Trying to fit meals in. I'm just trying to balance everything all at once that we just forget. And they already have pilots for their product lined up with different sport teams at both USF and UCF. In Tampa, Ariel Placencia, I'll send it back to you.