Today is a good day for people wishing to track the caloric intake and usage with the release of two new tools. The first is DailyBurn's FoodScanner which is an iPhone app allowing users of the $.99 program to scan UPC barcodes with their device and automagically look up nutritional information from a database of over 200,000 food items.
Fitbit is a new standalone clip-on passive geotracking device that records physical activity 24 hours a day and computes calories burned and amount of time sleeping based on the wearer's movement. While not great for running or biking or other fast-moving exercise, once the data is uploaded, the user can modify it easily.
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