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  • Daniel Cooper

    Shapa’s scale swaps numbers for psychology to help with weight loss

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    Daniel Cooper
    Daniel Cooper
    01.01.2018

    Weighing yourself after the holidays can be an emotionally trying process, especially if you've gone heavy on the turkey sandwiches. Oftentimes, the bad news sends you reaching for the comfort of the leftover chips and candy to get you through the cold winter months. However, Shapa, the new scale from behavioral scientist Dan Ariely, is designed to keep you ignorant and possibly thinner.

  • Withings revamps its WiFi bathroom scales, orders you to stop slouching

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    Daniel Cooper
    Daniel Cooper
    09.02.2012

    Withings has introduced a new set of wireless bathroom scales to spare us sedentary geeks the effort of recording our weekly weigh-ins. The updated set includes Position Control technology, which we assume means it tells you to stand up straight and suck your belly in while it's sending your details to the internet. All you need is a smartphone or tablet that can use its new Health Companion App. which came out earlier this month. It arrives in Europe at the end of September, and equipping yourself for a war on weight will cost you €120.