Posted on 05/13/2017 7:16:06 AM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft won a patent for augmented reality glasses that would provide a guiding voice at mealtime – whispering for you to consider grabbing a salad for lunch, rather than a greasy burger.
The patent claims a device with image data would use a sensor to detect foods – and then provide feedback information to the user on the food's nutritional information.
The team behind this idea at Microsoft believes people are not generally aware of the nutritional information of the food they eat.
“A see-through, head mounted display and sensing devices cooperating to provide feedback on food items detected in the device field of view,” the patent abstract reads. “Feedback can include warnings based on personal wearer needs, general nutrition information, food consumption tracking and social interactions. The system includes one or more processing devices in communication with display and the sensors which identify food items proximate to the apparatus, determine feedback information relevant to a wearer of the apparatus; and render feedback information in the display.”
From Fitbit to Apple Watch, millions of people are buying into wearable technologies that promise to help track your health. But a study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last year, suggests the devices didn’t help improve weight loss for many people.
Will it administer an electric shock when I fail to heed its advice?
When you can’t see your feet - with or without glasses!
It will have to learn to argue with the other, louder voice in my ear telling me to place it on the floor and stomp on it.
Let MS know.
“Napoleon could have used it” - No.6 in the episode “The General”.
The Russian hackers will use it to starve Michelle Obama to death.
rofl
Like Cliff on Cheers :)
And one day the govt will FORCE YOU to wear one that reports to them if you’re not eating like the serfs should.
I took care f all my nagging needs when I got married.
This would be quite redundant.
Don’t ask....Don’t tell.
Eat off of smaller plates.
Smart that they’re building them into regular glasses, that was the big mistake of google. Bad that they’re planning to install nagware.
Do you forget who you're dealing with??? MICROSOFT. They tell your health insurance provider, your physician and your government.
I hope to God I never have to depend on Microsoft to tell me when I’ve had enough to eat.
We’re headed toward a society run, and policed, by technology.
Oh yeah, from the company that gave us windoze.
(sent from a Linux computer)
“Microsoft glasses could one day tell you when to stop eating”
To think that some people can’t wait to own and use them...and even depend on them on a daily basis makes me cringe.
I gotta admit, this patent strikes me as a particularly bad idea. But to think that people will PAY to wear them — that’s truly frightening.
And am I the only one tired of having to figure out more and more privacy settings on every new Windows update to tell Microsoft to piss off? Every default was set to the wrong value. Now I just need to remember how I turned off automatic reboots on updates like I had on my last computer.
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