Case: Non-intrusive Body Fat Measurement

I just thought of a device that performs a non-intrusive test on a person’s health in the form of a body fat measurement, which links to our health idea.

There are numerous devices out now that can measure a person’s body fat as a percentage. I have seen many that have this feature built into a pair of scales. Most of these scales work by sending an electrical current through a person’s feet via metal contacts on the scales.

The current is used to measure a body’s structure, by seeing how quickly the signal gets passed through the body. The time it takes varies, as the current would pass through muscle tissue more easily than fat. The body fat is then calculated based on the results of this test.

There are a range of body fat measuring scales out in shops today and are all available at different prices.

Information on the body fat measuring scales is taken from here

There are many charts about which show the body fat percentage a person should be, here is an example of those showing the body fat percentages of both male and female children:

Male children:

Female children:


The pictures are from here

The idea of using a non-intrusive method of analysing a person’s health could be incorporated into our health idea. A test of this kind could indicate a child state of health and what nutritional requirements they are in need of, with out the necessity of tests that involve piecing of the skin or that are embarrassing to provide.

Children's Safety

I was thinking last night, as a culmination of a number of our ideas, what about a watch-type device that alerts children (and/or) parents if the child comes within x many metres of a known paedophile?

Since many such offenders wear tags which allow their movements to be tracked, the device in question is quite feasable. GPS technology for this type of device already exists, albeit not for this purpose as far as I am aware.

The device could vibrate or something if a known offender is in the area, warning children who may otherwise be unaware of any dangers. It could also be used to track the children by parents, perhaps by a webbased interface - available from anywhere.

Admin: Meeting with Russell

According to the website, we were supposed to meet him last week - the Wednesday 31st Jan.

I'm sure one of us would have heard if he'd read our name out though.