Obesity stories

$8,000 stair lift lets overweight doggies conquer stairs

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 10:44am

Obesity isn't just a problem for humans, it's also a problem for our pets. If your dog is putting on the pounds and having trouble climbing up and down the stairs, there's a perfectly solution: the world's first dog stair lift.

Nagging plate scale calls you a pig when you eat too fast

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 10:14am

Just what we need: a talking scale that nags us when we wolf down dinner. Gee thanks, technology. It's called a Mandometer, probably because rapidly devouring mass quantities of grub is a province reserved mostly for us piggish males. Womandometer?...

Fat-fighting body mod approved for Europe

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 12:14pm

A new way to fight fat might be on the way. The European Union just approved a clever way to trick your body into feeling full and less hungry, using a technique called VBLOC. The system works with laparoscopically-implanted electrodes...

Target Project cameras record race and weight, raise awareness of spying on citizens

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 10:27am

If you feel like you're being spied upon now, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Designer Benjamin Males presents Target Project, part performance art and part tech demo that shows how easy it is to automatically gather and record racial...

Implanted device could be breakthrough obesity cure

Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 7:39am

Here’s a body mod that might do you some good: A doctor implants this gizmo from EnteroMedics just under the skin, and hooks up its two electrodes that can electrically block the nerve that makes you hungry. The result? A...

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Obesity stories

$8,000 stair lift lets overweight doggies conquer stairs

Nagging plate scale calls you a pig when you eat too fast

Fat-fighting body mod approved for Europe

Target Project cameras record race and weight, raise awareness of spying on citizens

Implanted device could be breakthrough obesity cure

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