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ELECTRIC LIGHTNESS ORCHESTRATOR Withings Body Scan
If you have a Withings hybrid smartwatch, all the data from the scales will sync up to your wrist.
$279 / withings.com
Withings’ latest smart scales will do much more than tell you how much Pom-Bear weight you’ve put on this week ● Toned bring me down Have you ever wondered just how fat your arms are? Or suspected that your left leg isn’t really pulling its weight in the gym? Withings’ Body Scan has four weight sensors and 14 electrodes integrated into its glass base, plus four more electrodes built into a retractable handle, so when you step aboard it can give a much more rounded picture of your rounded physique. And as well as showing your vital stats on the 3.2in LCD screen, it also sends everything to the Withings app. ● Got my mind sweat on you Of course, the Body Scan will tell you how much you weigh, but it can also measure your heart rate and work out your vascular age before showing you how you compare to others in your age bracket. Unless you watch a lot of Holby City that might not mean a lot to you, but the six-lead ECG is designed to detect arrhythmia, while vascular age is a good measurement of arterial health and general wellbeing. It can also do a nerve activity assessment via the sweat glands in your feet. ● Handles with care So how does it work out whether you’ve got flabby appendages? Most sets of scales measure body composition through your feet, but the Body Scan’s extra electrodes mean it can give individual readings for specific body parts, including your arms, legs and torso. It also measures whole-body fat and water percentages, visceral fat, muscle and bone mass, plus extracellular and intracellular water. Given all this medical business the Body Scan needs to go through some tests of its own before it can go on sale, but it should be available in the second half of the year. 14
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