Sounds like Sci-Fi malarkey: an app that measures the amount of calories burned throughout the day just by sitting in your pocket and using the iPhone’s accelerometers to measure motion. But nope, it’s real, and it’s at the App Store for $3.
Movator keeps a realtime, running tally of calories burned throughout the day, then it’ll display the data using all kinds of pie charts and line graphs. The app is apparently sensitive enough to record calories burned during all kinds of activities — cycling, running, walking, swimming and even driving a car. Seems pretty far-fetched, right? But Movator was developed by brainiacs from the same German organization that helped develop the mp3 and h.264 video — so that’s gotta mean something.
When he was eight, Eli Milchman came home from frolicking in the Veld one day and was given an Atari 400. Since then, his fascination with technology has made him an intrepid early adopter of whatever charming new contraption crosses his path. He calls San Francisco home, where he works as a journalist and photographer. Eli has contributed to the pages of Wired.com and BIKE Magazine, among others. Hang with him on Twitter.
