Thoughts on this new calorie counting gadget?

Altagracia220
Altagracia220 Posts: 876 Member
edited October 2015 in Health and Weight Loss
Apparently in 2016 a new gadget will be coming out that will be able to tell you how many calories a certain dish or food item has with a simple scan.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3275801/The-gadget-scans-CALORIES-249-Scio-uses-beams-light-analyse-fat-carbs-proteins-food.html

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  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    edited October 2015
    Seems stupid. All it does is identify the calorie density, it doesn't calculate the mass, therefore it will be just as off as me randomly guessing based on similar foods in the MFP database.
    To accurately assess the number of calories, the user will have to identify the portion size of the piece of food that is being scanned.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3275801/The-gadget-scans-CALORIES-249-Scio-uses-beams-light-analyse-fat-carbs-proteins-food.html#ixzz3olQDaX00
    EDIT: to clarify, the technology is cool, but the calorie counting application seems stupid.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    The daily mail is to science reporting as elephants are to ballet
  • purpleflux
    purpleflux Posts: 22 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    The daily mail is to science reporting as elephants are to ballet

    Oh, come on. Elephants look lovely in tutus! ;)

    The technology seems cool, but more a novelty than actually useful for we mere mortals this early on. Like with all technology, it'll evolve, so maybe in a few years it'll be a miracle calorie scanner. But not yet. And the Daily Mail is the equivalent to Fox for its level of credibility in unbiased news 'reporting'. I'm honestly surprised they didn't try to claim the Scio would give you cancer. :s
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    I've just been reading about these, any-one know anything about them?

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