Ember's smartmugs can now track caffeine intake via the Apple Health app

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Ember, the maker of smartmugs can that automatically regulate temperature, has added support for Apple's HealthKit platform as a way of monitoring caffeine intake.

Ember Travel Mug and iPhone


The feature is possible because mug owners can manually enter what they drink into the Ember iPhone app, and sensors can detect how much liquid is actually remaining. That data is analyzed and synced with the native iOS Health app.

If a person consumes too much caffeine, Health should be able to flag this problem and warn how it might affect things like sleep and heart rate, CNET noted.

Few if any other HealthKit-enabled accessories are able to track nutrition. Most are limited to tracking activity, weight, and/or heart rate, leaving nutrition to manual entry in apps like MyFitnessPal.

Ember sells two mugs through Amazon fulfillment: a ceramic one for homes and offices costs $79.95, while a larger travel mug retails for $149.95. A white version of the travel mug is available from Apple.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 12
    asciiascii Posts: 5,936member
    But don't most people have their coffee at the same time(s) each day?
  • Reply 2 of 12
    sflocalsflocal Posts: 6,095member
    A solution looking for a problem.

    How’s about someone creating a WiFi-enabled toilet with an iPhone app so I can track each time I take a load out?
  • Reply 3 of 12
    dws-2dws-2 Posts: 276member
    Some days, I think we've all gone insane.
    Roger_Fingas
  • Reply 4 of 12
    lordjohnwhorfinlordjohnwhorfin Posts: 851member
    sflocal said:
    A solution looking for a problem.

    How’s about someone creating a WiFi-enabled toilet with an iPhone app so I can track each time I take a load out?
    How about it's already been done? https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/207809/toilet%20control%20app
  • Reply 5 of 12
    mikethemartianmikethemartian Posts: 1,321member
    Finally. Now I can ensure I am getting my daily minumum dosage of caffeine. You never know when someone tries to pass decaffinated on you.
  • Reply 6 of 12
    netroxnetrox Posts: 1,421member
    Every time I have coffee, I just click on "Add Caffiene" shortcut icon and it's added to Health report. Done. How hard can it be?
  • Reply 7 of 12
    Rayz2016Rayz2016 Posts: 6,957member
    There are not enough facepalm memes on the internet to do this justice. 
  • Reply 8 of 12
    MplsPMplsP Posts: 3,929member
    I don't have a problem. It's the cup and my Apple Watch that have the problem!
  • Reply 9 of 12
    macguimacgui Posts: 2,360member
    sflocal said:
    A solution looking for a problem.

    How’s about someone creating a WiFi-enabled toilet with an iPhone app so I can track each time I take a load out?
    More like diminished capacity.
  • Reply 10 of 12
    tyler82tyler82 Posts: 1,102member
    This will join the other two horsemen pets.com and juicero as the impending doom of the tech bubble apocalypse
    edited October 2018
  • Reply 11 of 12
    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt Posts: 2,134member

    If a person consumes too much caffeine, Health should be able to flag this problem and warn how it might affect things like sleep and heart rate, CNET noted.

    What is this "too much caffeine" of which you speak?  Sounds like fake news to me.

    :)
  • Reply 12 of 12
    ravnorodomravnorodom Posts: 697member
    This is insane when we have to keep track every little thing in life.
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