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BodyTrace Scale Offers Yet Another Way To Humiliate Yourself Online
12:00AM Mark Wilson | We thought the internet was a haven for fat dudes who liked to look at pretty girls without judgment or ridicule. More »
Design
Bathroom Pin Scale Makes Knowing Your Weight Twice as Painful
11:20AM Sean Fallon | This bathroom scale by designer Jim Ruck takes a painful-looking approach to the simple act of weighing yourself in the morning. Instead of a platform, the users stands on thousands of pins. More »
Design
Toilet Seat Scale Makes You Feel Two Kilos Lighter
3:20AM Sean Fallon | The best time to weigh yourself is first thing in the morning before you eat and, preferably, after you have used the bathroom. That’s where the toilet seat scale comes in. More »
Gadgets
Bun-In-The-Oven Scale Shows How Pregnant She Really Is
11:54AM Gizmodo US Edition | As if her expanding belly—among two other bigger, more fantastic body parts—isn’t proof enough to show you how pregnant your baby mama is, the Bun-In-The-Oven Scale will remind your woman of her pregnancy journey, via expanding waistline images, every time she has gained another 20 pounds—that’s one ginormous baby! Oh, and did we mention that when you buy this $US95 scale, you also get a new bed? Yes, we’re talking about that dingy old couch in the living room with that really uncomfortable spring sticking out. [Uncommon Goods via Nerd Approved] More »
Gadgets
Wrist Watchscale, For When You Really Need to Weigh Small Stuff
1:00AM Kit Eaton | The spoon-scales from a while back we called “perfect for dieters and dealers” because of the spoon part, but with this wristwatch scale… Well, it’s just convenient for when you really, really need to weigh small quantities of stuff right then and there. Makers Jennings call it “The first Pocket WatchScale ever” and it measures in grams, ounces, Troy ounces and pennyweights, to a max of 10.5-ounces with 0.001-ounce accuracy. Strangely the one thing it doesn’t seem to do is tell the time, but it’s out now, for about US$25. [Product page] More »
Design
Weighing Seat: A Chair That Weighs Fatties, Farts
10:30AM Sean Fallon | As if you didn’t already feel fat enough, how does sitting on a chair that doubles as a scale sound? Indeed, the Weighing Seat concept from the design team at Atypyk reminds you of how fat you are getting every time you sit down to eat. It could very well be the most effective diet you have ever been on. Either that, or it will force you to start eating your meals standing up. But look on the bright side, you can finally start weighing your farts. Ever been curious about that? What, just Jason and I? Come on guys, admit it. [Atypyk via Likecool] More »
Gadgets
Apples or Oranges? This Smart Scale Can Tell the Difference
8:00AM Jack Loftus | I happen to love the automated check out lines at the supermarket, but I hate the five or six seconds of my day that are wasted there when I have to manually input the name of the produce I’m weighing on the scale. Lucky for me, and for other lazy people who absolutely have to have those five seconds back, there’s a new development in automated check out scales that could revolutionise the supermarket industry. Here’s a hint: It’s like facial recognition, but for fruit! More »
Online
CNet Scoring System Analysed; 70% of all gadgets between 6.0 and 7.9
8:01AM Brian Lam | I’ve always teased friends at CNet about their rating system, which appears to always rate products between 7 and 8, meaning everything is more or less “very good” in score. Ecoustics has done the job of analysing 1,325 reviews from 2007 (all of them?) and figured out the exact math: 96% of all ratings from last year fell between 5.0 and 8.9; about 70% fall between 6 and 7.9. Maybe CNet should make anything a “CNet 6 or below” a “1″, and anything that scores a “CNet 10″ a “5″. After all, anything below a 6 means DO NOT BUY to me. More »
Gadgets
Overall Health Balance Scale Measures Everything But Peen Size
8:30PM Addy Dugdale | Aimed, one guesses, at Japanese health obsessives, the Overall Health Balance Scale measures a person’s health in six different ways: weight; BMI; subcutaneous fat ratio; organ fat level; muscle level; and basal metabolic rate. On top of that, it rates your health on a scale of one to five. Sounds to me like a version of amihotornot.com that you stand on. As well as checking your posture and balance, the Overall Health Balance Scale has got a screen-cum-scanner on a pull string, which semi-detaches from the unit. I think this is aimed perhaps at people so fat that the last time they saw their genitals the Berlin Wall was still standing—and sumo wrestlers. It hits the shelves in Japan on May 1, no price as yet. [Kilian-Nakamura] More »
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