Gearfuse

I’m sort of an odd breed of geek. I haven’t drank a significant amount of caffeine, meaning more than a sip of Coke, in more than two years. I know that most of you probably down energy drinks like they’re water, so you might like to see this visual representation of the ratio between caffeine and calories for certain favorite foods and beverages.

The Buzz versus The Bulge chart illustrates that geeks don’t always make the smartest decision, calorie wise. Unless your downing iced coffee as your main source of caffeine you’re probably downing more calories than you think. And you, fatty, drop the Hazlenut Mocha.

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Having trouble losing weight? This little patch is about to change all that. It’s being produced by a company called PhiloMetron and here’s how it works: slap it on your arm and sensors will measure your energy and calorie intake. From there, the data is beamed to your phone via Bluetooth where you can measure how much you’ve eaten in a day. Afterwards, you can cry and commiserate over a box of Girl Scout Cookies. Enjoy.

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With people these days worrying about how many calories they eat and how many they burn off, many of them need a way to count burned calories. That’s where the Accelerometer comes in. this is a gadget that will track the number of calories you burn after you simply punch in some numbers, namely your weight. It’s supposed to measure all of your movements, including their frequency, duration, and intensity, so it can figure out how many calories you burn in a day. It also can store up to 9 days of information, so you can check and see how you’ve improved. Now here’s where the rub comes in: this has a clip attached to it so you can hook it to your belt. What’s the problem with that, you might ask. Well, my arms and legs do a lot more moving during the day than my waist, so calculating the number of burned calories looks a little flawed. The other problem is that the LCD that displays your burned calories faces outward on your belt, and if you’re self-conscious, that might be a problem for you. For only $50, if you have that same New Year’s Resolution as the rest of the world (you know what it is) then maybe this wouldn’t be such a bad investment after all. — Nick Rice

The Accelerometer [via Uber-Review]