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Gizmo

10 September 2008

You might be tempted to call it FatNav: smartphone software is set to guide dieters to places selling low-calorie foods in their locality. Once users have entered their target calorific intake for the day, the WebDiet software correlates GPS position with the fare on offer at local restaurants and grocery shops to help people avoid fast-food outlets. Users can also count calories at home by scanning the barcodes on food packaging.

A bendable, A4-size “e-paper” reader will be available by mid-2009, according to Plastic Logic of Cambridge, UK – up to six months later than originally planned (Âé¶¹´«Ã½, 27…

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