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    The plate that counts your calories for you. Yes, really!

    Updated:2 May 2016 12:58 PM | Posted by
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    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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    62 Member Comments

    Jay.dogga1986 25 Jun 2020 12:20 PM

    important info here.

    BeautifulJusty 22 May 2017 7:35 AM

    I recall the portion sizes from my nutrition certificate studies - 1/2 green leafy vegetables, 1/4 protein and 1/4 good carb.

    lynx 6 Nov 2015 2:15 PM

    Interesting concept but I can't see myself using it.

    Shop A Everyday 16 May 2015 12:38 PM

    I need one now lol, I serve up way too much

    Myqqkimba 13 May 2015 6:17 AM

    What a clever idea!

    Gilliey 13 May 2015 5:18 AM

    Great idea but a bit scarey I think!

    Nerida908 13 May 2015 12:12 AM

    It's kind of neat, but it's limited in its use. You can only have 3 things on your plate, otherwise how would the camera know how much there is of each thing that was combined? What if you wanted to have meat and 7 veg? Or how does it determine the calorific content of a sauce when it doesn't know the ingredients? And it's not attractive at the current kickstarter price of USD 99, let alone the supposed retail price of USD 199. It's an interesting exercise in the application of tech, but that's about it.

    Dreamy 12 May 2015 6:32 PM

    Awesome product & would love to trial

    Neel8888 12 May 2015 1:25 PM

    That could be helpful.

    Sydneyswans910 12 May 2015 11:54 AM

    Wow great technology, not sure I would use it though! I eat pretty healthy and this would probably drive me crazy ;)

    Miss_Lee 12 May 2015 10:49 AM

    Yeah its clever...but its not really a necessity, seems like overkill to me.

    Stacey320 12 May 2015 10:02 AM

    I wonder how much this bad boy will cost 💰

    Stacey320 12 May 2015 10:01 AM

    I wonder how much this bad boy will cost 💰

    Yohanna 12 May 2015 7:06 AM

    Silly clever gadget. We need also one saying: Do not eat that crap! when putting processed junk, dairy, carcasses...on a plate

    Wendy1965 12 May 2015 1:02 AM

    Maybe this would be something that would help me

    Joole 11 May 2015 9:29 AM

    That would be an annoying plate to wash. I hand-wash all my dishes and cutlery so...

    moonbaby54 11 May 2015 8:53 AM

    I can't imagine how much a plate like this would cost, but I would definitely be interested.

    Jessica712 11 May 2015 1:30 AM

    This is really clever technology. Id like to test out the plate when it comes out.

    Pink Hornet 10 May 2015 12:20 PM

    As much as I love gadgets, it's a pass from me. I eat mostly health, well balanced and that is as fresh as possible. I am a little over food obsessing. My Instagram feed is full of photos of friends' meals and I really am not that interested in what they are eating.

    Bobbin01 10 May 2015 10:42 AM

    NOOOOPE. I'm all for being sensible and thinking about eating smaller portions but I wouldnt want my phone/plate telling me what I can or can't eat

    Temporary Princess 10 May 2015 8:55 AM

    Very cool! Takes the guesswork out of things a little bit.

    Hayley644 10 May 2015 7:14 AM

    Interesting, I wouldn't buy one though.

    Snazzie 10 May 2015 6:45 AM

    I think I need one of these!

    Platinum Ms 10 May 2015 6:44 AM

    Maybe I would buy the smartplate but it can have the weekends of so I can chill out guilt free!

    Truth 10 May 2015 1:44 AM

    The last thing I want is to have an obsession with calorie counting, my life is hectic enough and I have no time to count every thing I put in my mouth, If you exercise and eat well then forget calorie counting, diets don't work!

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