Gadgetory

hi I'm Scott Stein and this is a Bluetooth vibrating fork it's called the happy fork you may have heard about it cuz for over a year it has been talked about in the news and we also talked about it at last year's CES and it's finally around via Brookstone and it costs $100 what does it do tries to get you healthy by timing your bites with Bluetooth and an accelerometer inside this Fork that's true it pairs with your smartphone and you sit down in a meal and you take your fork with you when you type your bites in a regular meal just swap out your regular fork and take your app before this thing is dishwasher safe it has a little pop out here you can make sure not to immerse this part of happy for it but you can put this part in a dishwasher and this part has the accelerometer and the battery and it connects with USB and you can plug it into your computer and sync happy fork with the rest of your accounts so you can know how you're happy Fort progress is going what you have to do is you have to use special happy fork actions to work with the accelerometer they prefer a downward jab with your fork and then lift up to your mouth I know you eat and you chew and then if you take another bite within 10 seconds you think you're eating really fast or vibrated because I'm eating too fast I should slow down and not eat so fast if you wait 10 seconds then happy fork is happy am I staying here for a while chew my food and swallow and go for another bit of whatever you can eat it hmm happy happy fork doesn't care what you're eating you could be eating steak or mac and cheese or giant fork falls of a fat or vegetables or whatever and it will still just be measuring your bites remember you can fit on this fork counts as one happy for it timing loop and when the fork makes contact with your mouth it completes the circuit between metal and metal to tell you whether you've made a bite where but it's really just a timing thing maybe you want to sit down with the nutritionist and time your bites you could maybe use well these for a few minutes and know how long it takes for you to scoop up to your mouth do you want to carry one of these around all the time at two parties and have a strange fork in your pocket I don't think so but apparently happy Fork thinks it's an interesting solution $100 is a lot to ask for what is a pretty gimmicky piece of health tech happy fork is available now at Brookstone it's an interesting idea when you think about using a motion to time your bites but putting all that into a fork and paying extra for it this is where wearable tech has to take a stand unless you like Bluetooth ports