#smartplate

The so called SmartPlate actually counts all the calories you put on there and automatically sends them to your app on your phone ( this comes in really handy especially for me because I tend to forget to add meals) However, that's not all the plate can do, it will also let you know when you are eating too fast. Study shows when you eat slowly the feeling of being full is stimulated faster than when you are almost choking on your meal while eating. According to your eating habits the SP will give you some tips and advice of how you could eat or what you could eat instead or change the amount of a specific product.

Lets take a look on the more technical side. TO be able to give you that muc of information the SmartPlate uses 3 different cameras in the plate itself and also uses algorythms especially designed to detect what you are eating.There is a scale hiddin in the plate as well, so the food can actually be weighd and calculated into the calories you are eating. If you are eating some complicated meals like a salad or something what is mashed up the plate will analyse the ingredients first so it can find out how much of everything is contained in the specific meal. it can also detect if your meat or chicken is grilled or baked and even if your pasta is whole grain or not!

This all sounds super interesting, most definitely if you keep the trend 'the open world' in mind. As we want to know more and more about our food and what is actually in it. Because of the hunger for knowledge about things that should be good/healthy for us this kind of gadgets are a must have and will actually stimulate ( or worse, it will drive you insane ) for a healthier lifestyle. Of course there are already apps which do the same, however you always have to put your meals in manually and I kind of forget to do so sometimes. SO this handy plate will help to get a full view on what you actually eat that day, if you use the plate of course. Because I know for sure there are a lot of cheaters among us!

But what is the open world? To me the open world means the transparancy of things for example WikiLeaks. We want to know what is going on in the world but also if we stay in the food sector, what is going on with our food. But it also means collaboration. We the people can put intput into companies the border between the people and the companies is open. However it also means sharing. Share the wisdom you have with someone else so you both can gain something from it. But most importantly it means empowerment. The common people get more and more involved ( just like i said with the collaberation) with the big companies.

However, this is not the only thing that works like this, IKEA is also producing a table that works similar to this plate so I’m pretty sure that in the future our kitchen will tell us more about our food than the internet can right now. Of course the internet knows a lot too, but these cool technologies will help you get more insight into the food you bought, so the actual food that is on the table and not the general information you can find on the internet. This will not make only cooking easier but also to keep in mind what you want to eat ( if you are on a strict diet) or what you can eat ( if you are allergic to something ).

So the plate is not for sale yet but you could help by donating to their kickstarter here, or if you want some more info about the plate go visit the article or their website!

have a good one!