Sure, you know what food you’re eating, but you don’t necessarily know what’s in that food you put inside you. SITU is a food scale that doesn’t just measure weight – it offers up information about the nutritional value of the stuff you’re weighing, too. The Bluetooth-enabled scale talks to your iPad, listing any and all stuff you weigh as you go, with an… Read More
Not all scales are created equal, although it would be safe to assume that in most of the homes out there, you would find a regular scale sitting in the bathroom or in a bedroom, tucked nicely underneath the bed. Well, an ordinary scale just provides you with a reading on how heavy you are exactly, and that’s that. The rest of it – exercise routines, fitness regimes, they depend on you. Not so with the £129.99 Withings Smart Body Analyzer Wi-Fi Scale (or Amazon for $149.95), as it does a whole lot more than just show off how heavy you are.
In fact, with the Withings Smart Body Analyzer Wi-Fi Scale, I guess you can more or less associate it with having your very own team of full-time fitness coaches, and there is no need to pay them overtime or any of that sort, and neither do you need to deal with politics. Plain, simple and straight to the point, the Withings Smart Body Analyzer Wi-Fi Scale will be able to measure the likes of your weight, body fat, heart-rate and air quality. Apart from that, it will also sync your smartphone to set goals and track your progress, and has the ability to recognize up to 8 users, where every single one of them would have their own profile, now how about that?
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I’ve tried playing the guitar on a few occasions in my life, but I always got frustrated with proper fret placement that I like to blame on my fat fingers rather than my lack of coordination. So when I saw these miniature guitar models from Japan, I realized that things could be a whole lot worse for me.
These 10 inch-tall Guitar Legend models from Media Factory are incredibly detailed 1/8th scale versions of authentic electric and bass guitars, from brands including Fender, Gretsch, Ovation and Zemaitis.
Each one is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but no detail has been left out – other than the ability to actually play them. Depending on the model, they include accessories such as tiny guitar stands and cases as well.
They’re available from Amazon Japan or Media Factory for ¥1,764 (~$17 USD) each, but the guys at White Rabbit Express can import them to other countries for you if you’re interested.
As we grow older, our eyes too, start to get dim – at least for some of us. This would mean having to wear a pair of steel rimmed glasses that will hopefully go along with the shape of your face in a nice manner. Not only that, we too, will have to take better care of our health, being more careful when walking around and moving about. This would mean getting the necessary amount of exercise as well as vitamins and nutrition in our daily diet, and to keep track of our weight so that we do not end up being way too heavy. The $79.95 Easiest to Read Scale might be just the cup of tea for those who are looking for a brand new scale in the home.
The name of the Easiest to Read Scale itself gives the game away – it is a scale that comes in an extremely large numerical display, so much so that one does not need a pair of glasses to read it, and neither do you need to put your eyes through the squinting process. Just how large are the numbers on the LCD display? We are looking at a whopping 2.4” in height, which is basically the largest available, and they will show up for several seconds after you step off the large platform. It will also be power efficient, turning itself on and off automatically in order to conserve battery life (three AA batteries). A quartet of high-precision sensors located in the base will pave the way for accurate readings for each weigh-in, with a maximum 330-lb. capacity.
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I am quite sure that by now, you would have realized that not all scales at home are the same. Some folks still settle for the ordinary spring mechanism in the scale, where an analog needles tells you just how much more weight do you need to lose (or muscle to gain, depending on your fitness regime at that point in time), while others prefer something more accurate like a digital weighing scale. In fact, the digital weighing scale has gotten a whole lot more complicated over the years, gaining plenty of functionality along the way, and Pyle Audio’s Bluetooth Fitness Scale is a perfect example of that.
Pyle Audio’s traditional strength had always been in outdoor recreational sports gear and home, car and pro audio equipment, and this time around, their Bluetooth Fitness Scale is something worth checking out, especially when you are in the market at the moment to pick up a bathroom scale since the one at home has broken down. The Bluetooth Fitness Scale comes with an integrated app which was specially designed to provide the most critical data points for any workout regimen, where among these will include body fat, hydration levels, muscle level and bone level percentages.
Using it is a snap and a no-brainer, as all that you need to do is to step on it, and the Bluetooth Fitness Scale will do all the hard calculation work for you. Apart from that, the choice of colors that are available should keep any detailed oriented person more than happy since it comes in black, grey, green, pink or orange, retailing for $59.99 a pop. It has been designed with a tempered glass surface, allowing it to effectively distribute weight evenly across the scale. Not only that, if you have yet to agree with the universal adoption of the metric system, then the Bluetooth Fitness Scale is your cup of tea since it also does measurements in pounds and stones.
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One thing infographics are really good for is providing a sense of scale. Certain numbers are just too big to really comprehend, and can also be made to sound bigger or smaller than they actually are depending on how they’re presented. As Shark Week comes to a close, it seems apt to take shark finning as an example.
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Much to the consternation of scientists, the cylindrical platinum-iridium artifacts that represent the kilogram (see image above) have been gradually packing on extra weight due to surface contamination. Since that unit of measure is the last to be based on an artifact and not a physical constant of nature — for instance, a meter is the distance light travels in a vacuum during 1/299,792,458 of a second — it means that scientists no longer know exactly how much a kilogram is. That makes experiments requiring extreme precision more difficult, so researchers from Mettler Toledo, CERN and the EPFL have been working for the last 15 years on a so-called Watt balance, which works on the principle of electromagnetic force restoration. The team managed to created a “load cell” that’s accurate to a 0.3 µg resolution for a 2kg weight, well below the desired level of 1 µg — meaning the goal of replacing a hunk of metal from 1878 with something more, ahem, solid is within reach by the 2015 target date.
Source: Mettler Toledo
Seeing as how Chef Sleeve is best know for its combo cutting board / iPad stand, the company’s latest product isn’t a huge leap. Sadly, the it didn’t actually have a prototype of its Smart Food Scale at its booth here at TechCrunch Disrupt, but we did get a chance to chat a bit about the product, which just had its Kickstarter page open up. The device is a food scale that communicates via Bluetooth with your iOS device. Put the food on, input what it is and it will send that information to your iPhone and iPad.
The app offers up USDA nutritional information, letting you keep track of calories, fat, vitamins, minerals and other information. The company’s also looking to expand the functionality of the software, to open things up to chefs and other folks who might appreciate such info. The Kickstarter page still has 29 days left to hit its $30,000 goal, and pledge of $79 or more will get you access to the scale. When it hits retail, it’ll run closer to $99.
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Source: Kickstarter
Not all scales are created equal, and the same applies to this particular scale from the folks over at Hammacher. As you very well know, the older one gets, different parts of the body start to break down, and your vision is not quite on par with that of an eagle’s during your youth. Having said that, aren’t you happy that there is modern day technology to help counter some of these aging effects? The $59.95 Extra Large Number Readout Scale answers this clarion call, where it will display whatever results garnered in giant numerals for easy reading.
The entire bright LCD screen measures nearly half a foot wide, where it will display readings in massive 2.5″ high numbers which can be viewed without requiring you to squint or stoop down. Your back and neck are further protected as you do not need to bend down to turn on the scale, where a simple tap of a foot on the platform is good enough. The readings will be shown off by the display for five seconds after you step off, and after another 10 seconds, the scale will automatically power down in an effort to conserve batteries. As long as you do not weigh more than 440 lbs, the Extra Large Number Readout Scale ought to serve you well for a lifetime.
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No phone launch is complete without a few accessories added to the mix. Samsung had a whole bunch to announce alongside its Galaxy S 4, but only a few were on hand to check out up close and personal. We did, however, find a nice surprise hiding under those glossy white table covers — a wireless charging pad. Yes, it turns out the the GS 4 does in fact have Qi wireless charging capabilities. Provided its available in your region and your carrier chooses to support it. The charging pad itself has a glossy plastic base that matches the phone, but there’s a nice rubbery gray top that keeps the handset from sliding around too much while it’s juicing up.
We also got to check out the companion wireless scale that looks quite a bit like the Fitbit Aria. Though, with a square LCD and a healthy-sized Samsung logo on it. The scale is just one part of the larger S Health equation which also includes a Jawbone Up-like monitor (S Band), which was sadly nowhere to be found in the demo pit. The scale of course sync with the baked in S Health app over Bluetooth, which makes it quite a bit easier to track how that diet of yours is going. In addition to simply tracking your total poundage, there will be bands for tracking heart rate and the S 4’s various sensor can help judge the comfort level of your environment. The requisite glut of photos can be found below in the gallery.
Gallery: Galaxy S 4 accessories hands-on
Edgar Alvarez contributed to this report.
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