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BenQ Patent for phone that tells you how FAT you are

By Will Park on Monday, May 7th, 2007 at 10:55 AM PST In Devices, Research, Technologies

BenQ patent application for a phone that measures body fat percentage through electrical impedance

BenQ has filed for a patent application outlining the details for a phone that can measure your body fat percentage. Apparently, the company is working under the assumption that people want to be constantly reminded of those late-night pizza and taco runs. The Body-Fat-Phone measures your body’s electrical resistance to calculate how fat you are. If you just gotta know how fat you are, grab a hold of the two electrodes that are built-in to the phone and let the body-fat measuring circuitry do its thing. We can’t imagine this feature actually helping to push a significant volume of handsets, but it sure is an interesting add-on.

via: unwiredview

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