BenQ's body fat-measuring phone patent

by Chris Ziegler, posted May 7th 2007 at 11:50PM

So there's nothing really cool or integrated about this -- and the concept of estimating body fat by measuring impedance is nothing new -- but the marriage of a cellphone with a function to remind us of what fat slobs we are is just too good of a patent app to pass up. The design really couldn't be any simpler; BenQ's basically just thinking about slapping a couple electrodes on the side of a phone that you'll touch to get a measurement. If only they had a device on there to measure BenQ's own weak pulse, they'd be all set.

[Via Unwired View]

Filed under: Misc

Tags: benq, body fat, BodyFat, fat, patent

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Robert Alonso @ May 8th 2007 4:00PM

This is a ridiculous patent. No one wants to be told his body fat index by a cell phone. We also don't want to be tracked via cell phone. Where do these people think they will sell these?

Robert
Robert@thebestcellphonestore.com
http://www.thebestcellphonestore.com

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