InquilineKea Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/22/y-combinator-demo-day-summer-2016/?ncid=rss Airo Health – calorie-tracking wearable There are so many smart health apps out there than can analyze the hell out of your personal data but often the real problem is getting those reliable health metrics in the first place. Airo Health wants to track your calorie intake automatically. They’ve built a $200 wearable that measures the wave-form of your pulse to track blood flow to the digestive system. The research that the company is using suggests a strong correlation between this metric and a person’s total daily calorie consumption. The company has already partnered with the US military and is now targeting the 94 million Americans that are counting calories. One of the new apps released in Y Combinator day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Pomerleau Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Alex, Airo Health looks intriguing, but have you seen any of the "research that the company is using suggests a strong correlation between this metric and a person’s total daily calorie consumption"? Not that I want to be a critic, but it seems like a pretty big challenge to estimate how many calories you've eaten by simply monitoring your pulse, and perhaps using a spectrometer pointed at your skin. Can a wrist-worn device really "measures the wave-form of your pulse to track blood flow to the digestive system"? I'm pretty dubious, but will be pleasantly surprised if it works. For now it looks like vaporware. In fact, Airo Health reminds me a lot of that other vaporware product we've discussed previously, SCiO, the hand-held spectrometer that it supposed to be able to estimate calories and food composition by simply pointing it at a food item. I'll note that the estimated delivery date for SCiO has slipped once again, from October to December of 2016, according to the SCiO website... --Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InquilineKea Posted August 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 Thanks so much for your response Dean! I agree with you - I think we can only be skeptical about these things. Nonetheless, we should keep track of these as they come up, as an exception to the rule may one day emerge from this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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