The app extends the usefulness of the scan by allowing users to access and use their data anytime to pursue health and fitness goals. The mPod design offers security and comfort in a public place, Dave said. The mPort focus is direct use by the customer in a shopping center or a club. Read more: What exercises are the best? » By June 2016, they had signed the contract with LA Fitness clubs. It also measures BMI, body fat percentage, fat-free mass and percentage, waist-hip ratio, waist-height ratio, basal metabolic rate, ideal weight range, and target heart rate for exercise.ĭave and his colleagues finished their prototype in May 2013, and attracted investors four months later. The mPod records height, weight, biceps, chest, narrow waist, hips, mid-thigh, knees, calves, shoulders, and neck. It also describes the levels of risk you face.” “Then it sends the information to the mPod mobile app, creates a 3-D image, or avatar, with data on all body and health measurements, and what they mean. “The unit maps more than 200,000 data points to measure your individual body shape,” Dave added.
The mPod uses noninvasive infrared technology, equivalent to what comes out of a television remote control, and is safe to use for everyone including pregnant women, he said. It talks to you and you talk back with your hands.” The mPod has an audio, visual, and touch interface. “The user does not require another person to help them. “The mPod is 100 percent automated,” Mehul Dave, mPort’s chief marketing officer, told Healthline.
In a few minutes, the scanner produces a 3-D image that shows real-time changes achieved through different diets and fitness regimens. The mPod user steps into a photo booth-sized pod and stands still in one place while several sensors capture highly accurate body data without the user having to move.
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