Where will it end? (Page 3) OCD_OCD: http://news.yahoo.com/japan-diet-glasses-fool-wearers-eating-less-114410996.html Goggles that trick the wearer into thinking the plain snack in their hand is a chocolate cookie, or make biscuits appear larger have been unveiled in Japan, offering hope to weak-willed dieters everywhere. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed devices that use computer wizardry and augmented reality to fool the senses and make users feel more satisfied with smaller -- or less appealing -- treats. On one device goggle-mounted cameras send images to a computer, which magnifies the apparent size of the cookie in the image it displays to the wearer while keeping his hand the same size, making the snack appear larger than it actually is. In experiments, volunteers consumed nearly 10 percent less when the biscuits they were eating appeared 50 percent bigger. They ate 15 percent more when cookies were manipulated to look two-thirds of their real size. Professor Michitaka Hirose at the university's graduate school of information science and technology said he was interested in how computers can be used to trick the human mind. "How to fool various senses or how to build on them using computers is very important in the study of virtual reality," he told AFP. OCD_OCD: Hirose said standard virtual reality equipment that attempts to cater to complex senses like touch often results in bulky equipment. But he said using one or more senses to fool the others was a way around this problem. "Reality is in your mind," he said. In another project, Hirose's team developed a "meta cookie", where the headgear uses scent bottles and visual trickery to fool the wearer into thinking the snack they are eating is anything but a plain biscuit. Users can set the device to their favourite taste so they think they are eating a chocolate or strawberry-flavoured cookie. Hirose says experiments so far have shown 80 percent of subjects are fooled. The team has no plans as yet to commercialise their invention, but would like to investigate whether people wanting to lose weight can use the device. OCD_OCD: There you go. The Federal Government can mandate that fat people wear goggles. There will even be a stimulus for goggle manufacturers paid for by taxpayers, fat AND skinny because it's for the greater good. It might even be added to the Healthcare Mandate. LOL  dave3974:
PERHAPS BETTER REGULATION OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS THE WAY AHEAD , THEY HAVE NO CONSCIENCE REAGRDING THE FATTY SWEET RUBBISH THEY PUSH AND THEIR GIGANTIC PROFITS BUY TO MUCH INFLOUENCE
OCD_OCD: the food industry is regulated, Dave. The problem is if the government is allowed to regulate what we eat in public, they will regulate what we are allowed to eat anywhere. People need to be responsible for themselves. Just like we cant blame government for our stupidity, the government should not be able to tax or regulate ours in order to gain more control over us.  davidk14: . Dave3974, I have been to many food manufacturing facilities as part of my responsibilities for a past job. I can tell you that manufacturers are more strict than the government requires. This is because they know that a major food contamination outbreak would mean huge financial losses. They invest large amounts of cash into food safety. I visited the Dole lettuce facility in S. California a few years ago. It was spotless. The fields were manicured, fenced, and the manufacturing facility was clean and pristine. For you to say the food industry is out of control is due to lack of first hand observations. Yes, there are a few manufacturers who cut corners and their feet should be held to the fire, but the vast majority of manufacturers are professionals and do a great job. Look up HACCP at this website... http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/hazardanalysiscriticalcontrolpointshaccp/default.htm "HACCP is a management system in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of biological, chemical, and physical hazards from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product." ALL food manufacturers must comply with this program. . dave3974: the food industry , certainly in this country produces awful rubbish taht is targetted towards children , look at the salt and sugar content in some of the breakfast cereal rubbish taht kelloggs target children with , i acccept that the food is bug free which is what you are saying dave , only consumer pressure has reduced the amount of hydrogenated fat in a lot of our staples , the food companys are were the tobacco industry was 40 years ago-----to much inflouence with government , and high profits , and selling products that they know are not healty and making a fortune davidk14: . Dave3974 The "FOOD INDUSTRY" is a large industry. It is complicated with 10's of thousands of individual products. I believe if WE really want to reduce obesity in the US...we must reduce salt, refined sugars, and refined flours in the manufacturing of "processed" foods. We can do this by heavily taxing those three items. Prior to 1950, we did not have these issues because "processed foods" really never existed. Mom had dinner on the table at 5:30 pm. . | Politics Chat Room 51 People Chatting Similar Conversations |
