Wifi Body Scale: No More Lying About Your Weight
Tracking your weight for most people is a pretty mundane and boring process. Most of us just step on the scale and make a mental note of how much we weigh and compare that to some previous measurement that we remember. So while you might be able to see you’ve gained a pound since last week it’s harder track longer spans of weight data since we don’t write it down (since that’s not fun).
However ,thanks to Withing’s and their Wifi bathroom scale now taking down your weight measurements is automatic. Simply step on the scale and your weight and BMI will be displayed. At the same time this data will be beamed via wifi internet to Withing’s servers where all your weight data will be stored. Once the data is stored you’ll be able to see graphs and other fun filled analytics.
It seems like the days of lying about your weight (at least to yourself) are over. And unless you are going to purposely put on a backpack full of weights to make yourself look more impressive as you dramatically “lose” weight in a week the scale will pull no punches as you’ll know exactly where you weigh.
Withing's Body Scale Graph
Luckily no one at Withing’s has a sick twisted sense of humor. If it were up to me I’d program biting commentary that showed up depending on the weight gained or lost.
- Gain too much weight too fast: “What the hell have you been doing?? Get in the gym or stop eating those pork rinds”
- Lose too much weight too fast: “Stop throwing up your food. That’s not healthy. Get help.
Withings body scale graph with inappropriate pre-programmed messages
You may be thinking, well what happens if different people use the scale? Won’t it record their weight as yours? Withing’s thought about that and the body scale has built-in automatic person recognition. I’m assuming it probably does this by comparing the weight and BMI of the person on the scale to the data that’s been saved. If it’s very similar it assumes that this is you rather than someone else.
Even cooler is that if you are one of what seems like a billion iPhone or iPod touch owner that you’ll also be able to access this data via your these devices thanks to their iPhone app.
Their official video will give you even more details about this healthy device.
I’m surprised no one thought about building a wifi scale earlier, but I’m glad to see someone has gone ahead and done it. Seems like most devices nowadays are becoming substitutes for our laziness (ie if we really wanted to we could just write it down, put it in excel, etc…). But hey this scale is still pretty darn cool (and sexy too!).
FuncFash-ness: 9/10
- Functional: 4.5/5 (a scale with built in wifi and an iPhone app. That’s sweet!)
- Fashionable: 4.5/5 (all black is sexy)
Where to buy:
- Withings: The Wifi Body Scale $159 (click purchase in the upper right hand corner)
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