Vessyl iOS-connected smart cup analyzes, tracks what you drink

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  • Reply 21 of 51
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
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    Originally Posted by paxman View Post

     

    Why do the elderly care? I think the target demographic would be the super self obsessed fitness and diet fanatical nerds out there. Not the elderly.


     

    Because the infirm and unhealthy may need more information about their health than the fit.

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  • Reply 22 of 51
    bocboc Posts: 72member
    I call BS.

    You can't do spectroscopic analysis to tell just what is in drinks and know it is accurate unless you can do calibration.

    I wouldn't be surprised to find out you need to tell it that you are drinking a "diet Coke" for it to give any half-way decent results.
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  • Reply 23 of 51
    paxmanpaxman Posts: 4,729member
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    Originally Posted by SpamSandwich View Post

     

     

    Because the infirm and unhealthy may need more information about their health than the fit.


    But the likelihood of them getting that kind of info from a high tech gadget after they have poured their drink is not very likely. Still, you could give one to your granny and if she doesn't use it you got yourself a nice mug.

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  • Reply 24 of 51

    Why would I want a $500 device when I can use a pay phone?

    Why would I want a map on said device when I can use a paper map?

    Why would I want to email someone when I can write a letter?

    Why would I use a calorie counter to see if I'm in shape or not?

    Why would I use a reminder app when I can use post-it notes?

    Why would I use a cup like this to upload nutritional info when I can read the label and manually track it?

     

    Because technology has made us all lazy-asses.....get over it. You sound old.

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  • Reply 25 of 51
    paxmanpaxman Posts: 4,729member
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    Originally Posted by GadgetCanadaV2 View Post

     

    Why would I want a $500 device when I can use a pay phone?

    Why would I want a map on said device when I can use a paper map?

    Why would I want to email someone when I can write a letter?

    Why would I use a calorie counter to see if I'm in shape or not?

    Why would I use a reminder app when I can use post-it notes?

    Why would I use a cup like this to upload nutritional info when I can read the label and manually track it?

     

    Because technology has made us all lazy-asses.....get over it. You sound old.


     

    The first one makes no sense - I am not paying $500 for a phone. The notion that an iPhone is a phone is silly. It is called a phone because before the iPhone that is pretty much what you got. If there were no cell phones before the iPhone, would it still be called an iPhone? I doubt it.

    Your second question is what I am talking about. 

    Email is a letter improved. 

    Too much time on your hands. Anyway, if you use a calorie counter to see if you are in shape you are misguided.

    Seriously? Post-it notes?

    Cuz your a geek.

     

    I think your logic sucks and this has little to do with laziness

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  • Reply 26 of 51
    malaxmalax Posts: 1,598member

    This is "cool" from a proof of concept perspective, but rather silly as is.  I can't see how there is a viable market for this product.  Now 5 (or 10 or 50) years from now I can imagine that everything one consumes can be coded and logged and be a big breakthrough for diet and fitness, but it's not going to be because everything is passing through a $500 cup or plate.

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  • Reply 27 of 51
    Given that there are absolutely no technical specs about things like "sensors" and "ranges", and with them making claims like "Can my Vessyl detect the brand of what I drink? -Yes. In most cases, you will see the specific brands and flavors of what you are drinking when you open the app", I'm calling this BS until I start seeing results from it.
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  • Reply 28 of 51
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    Originally Posted by GadgetCanadaV2 View Post

     

    Why would I want a $500 device when I can use a pay phone?

    Why would I want a map on said device when I can use a paper map?

    Why would I want to email someone when I can write a letter?

    Why would I use a calorie counter to see if I'm in shape or not?

    Why would I use a reminder app when I can use post-it notes?

    Why would I use a cup like this to upload nutritional info when I can read the label and manually track it?

     

    Because technology has made us all lazy-asses.....get over it. You sound old.


    not so fast, this seems like its just a lot more effort - washing it out so i can pour my yoghurt in it, then washing it out for my soda from a can - then - well you get the idea. Ohh can't wait to have to remember it when i go out for drinks after work, and to breakfast the next day - 

    yes I'm too lazy to use one of these

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  • Reply 29 of 51
    bigmikebigmike Posts: 266member
    I only need to use part of my brain to figure out for myself, in real-time, what I'm putting in my body. And it costs me nothing.
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  • Reply 30 of 51
    icoco3icoco3 Posts: 1,474member
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    Originally Posted by AppleInsider View Post



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    Mark One, Vessyl's creators, say the 13-ounce cup can handle any kind of liquid that people normally drink. It can even analyze thicker liquids, like yogurt and smoothies.

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    Vessyl is available now for pre-order directly from the company's website at a discounted cost of $99. The cups are expected to ship early next year, at which time the price will increase to $199.

     

     


    • Where is the 32 oz Super Gulp?

    • Who drinks from 13 oz containers anyway?

    • Pre-order - $7.61/oz - OUCH

    • Launch - $15.31/oz - OUCH Super Sized

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  • Reply 31 of 51
    Their next product is a smart straw, for more fine grained information.
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  • Reply 32 of 51
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    Their next product is a smart straw, for more fine grained information.

    maybe we will soon have a full set of eating / drinking implements... already a bluetooth fork

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  • Reply 33 of 51

    how about a new blue pill - move over viagra

    i think a blue pill would solve so many issues....

    bluetooth enabled, just swallow it. From within your stomach you could send all kinds of calorific data back to an iPhone, also heart rate, breathing rhythm, and conveniently - poop it out in time to change the battery, wash it off, then back in the old tum she goes.....

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  • Reply 34 of 51
    adonissmuadonissmu Posts: 1,776member

    Slow news day.

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  • Reply 35 of 51
    adonissmuadonissmu Posts: 1,776member
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    Originally Posted by Right_said_fred View Post

     

    how about a new blue pill - move over viagra

    i think a blue pill would solve so many issues....

    bluetooth enabled, just swallow it. From within your stomach you could send all kinds of calorific data back to an iPhone, also heart rate, breathing rhythm, and conveniently - poop it out in time to change the battery, wash it off, then back in the old tum she goes.....


    I am not taking no sh*tty blue pill over and over again.

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  • Reply 36 of 51
    Google and Facebook will waste billions to keep track of what you drink.

    Nice cup, btw.
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  • Reply 37 of 51
    andysolandysol Posts: 2,506member
    adonissmu wrote: »
    I am not taking no sh*tty blue pill over and over again.

    Haha. And you have to "find" it before you can take it too. :no:
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  • Reply 38 of 51
    bighypebighype Posts: 148member

    I wonder if Google will buy it so it can spy on even more people… hmmmm.

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  • Reply 39 of 51
    ingelaingela Posts: 217member
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    Originally Posted by bigmike View Post



    I only need to use part of my brain to figure out for myself, in real-time, what I'm putting in my body. And it costs me nothing.

     

    I am not sure how this product works, but as with something like accounting software, it's the data input that makes it work, and the manual input is what is difficult. When something like this can input and place the data where it needs to be then it becomes useful.

    Connectivity of health tracking devices is going to blow up now that iOS and soon google create frameworks where your drinking cup, blood pressure monitor, all the device we use to track our health, input and place the data automatically where it needs to be. If it is left for people to do it manually most people just won't.  

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  • Reply 40 of 51
    leesmithleesmith Posts: 121member
    I wonder if it can tell if my drink has a date rape drug in it?
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