What’s for dinner tonight? Let’s say you’re planning on making spaghetti, but you’re also on a diet and don’t want to overdo it on the carbs. As such, you’re mindful of measurements and counting the calories as you go, making sure to keep track of everything that goes into the pot by logging the ingredients on whatever fitness app you’ve downloaded. Laborious much?
Enter the shiny new SmartPlate (aka your new best friend):
Created by Philadelphia-based startup company Fitly, the SmartPlate has three digital cameras and image recognition technology to analyse your food. It transmits the data and weight of your meal to your iOS, letting you know exactly what you’re about to chow down on – calorie count and all. It even has the ability to differentiate between wholegrain and white bread, brown and white rice, and so on. Pretty impressive stuff, right?!
But don’t get too excited just yet.
Fitly is still in development, with plans to get it off the ground and into our kitchens by 2016, which means we’ve got another year left of manually controlling our food portions. All good things take time…
Watch the video demo here and see for yourself why this is one truly smart plate:
What do you thin of the SmartPlate? Would you buy one?
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Yep the amount of different products on the technological market these days are huge. It feels a little unrealistic for me but then I don’t rely on technology for everyday life.
Yeh if I am questioning something I usually ask my daughter who has become a Food & Human Scientist. She’s a handy one!
Yeh maybe it could work for those who are focussed on this kind of thing – like those who are in weight watchers or something – does that even exist anymore?!
I don’t diet either – I just eat what suits me and what is healthy for me,
I know what you mean – life is busy enough and I wouldn’t have time for this really. Interesting idea.
It does sound a little complicated. I just go to the fridge if I’m hungry and try and stay within healthy-food areas. I like seeing photos like the one above because I find that inspiring!
Those figs look so good in the photo with those greens!