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Monday, April 22, 2013

A fork vibrator to fight obesity

An electronic fork that vibrates when eating too fast went on sale Wednesday in the online platform to promote inventions Kickstarter.com, while its French creators say they can help fight obesity and digestive problems. People who contribute at least $ 89 on the website to raise funds for the invention receive a HAPIfork (that's his name)  before general release, scheduled forconsumers in the U.S. and Europe later this year. "Although our product is still a prototype, we are excited about the global response so far," he said in a statement Fabrice Boutain, founder Product designer HAPILABS, based in California. "We believe this is a confirmation of the movement increasingly greater health awareness of consumers in order to have more control over issues affecting the digestive and weight issues , as well as more serious problems, such as diabetes and other diseases chronic ", he said. The HAPIfork , invented by Frenchman Jacques Lepine, is based on research that suggests that people can lose weight by eating more slowly. The object has LED lights, a USB connector and software for computers and smartphones that allows users to monitor their progress towards a way of eating slower, ie healthier.

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