Comments on: DailyBurn and Occipital Team Up to Create FoodScanner http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:23:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SiliconANGLE — Blog — 4 Steps to Becoming Healthy with Digital Assistance http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-20272 SiliconANGLE — Blog — 4 Steps to Becoming Healthy with Digital Assistance Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:42:30 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-20272 [...] you can scan the UPC code on the food you eat and they will be entered directly into DailyBurn done through a partnership with a company called Occipital.  No keying in required.  Now how much would you [...] [...] you can scan the UPC code on the food you eat and they will be entered directly into DailyBurn done through a partnership with a company called Occipital.  No keying in required.  Now how much would you [...]

]]> By: Digital Health Becoming a Reality | CloudAve http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-20239 Digital Health Becoming a Reality | CloudAve Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:10:11 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-20239 [...] you can scan the UPC code on the food you eat and they will be entered directly into DailyBurn done through a partnership with a company called Occipital.  No keying in required.  Now how much would you [...] [...] you can scan the UPC code on the food you eat and they will be entered directly into DailyBurn done through a partnership with a company called Occipital.  No keying in required.  Now how much would you [...]

]]> By: Digital Health Becoming a Reality http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-20200 Digital Health Becoming a Reality Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:25:30 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-20200 [...] you can scan the UPC code on the food you eat and they will be entered directly into DailyBurn done through a partnership with a company called Occipital.  No keying in required.  Now how much would you [...] [...] you can scan the UPC code on the food you eat and they will be entered directly into DailyBurn done through a partnership with a company called Occipital.  No keying in required.  Now how much would you [...]

]]> By: Two Guys. One iPhone App. $1 Million. | Tech Startups http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-19199 Two Guys. One iPhone App. $1 Million. | Tech Startups Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:05:44 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-19199 [...] DailyBurn and Occipital Team Up to Create FoodScanner (feld.com) [...] [...] DailyBurn and Occipital Team Up to Create FoodScanner (feld.com) [...]

]]> By: absmith http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-16772 absmith Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:19:43 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-16772 Great suggestions! We are working on updates to FoodScanner, unfortunately we are waiting for apple to approve some of them! You are right, proper nutrition is more than just calorie counting. In fact, DailyBurn lets you analyze this quite a bit. You can link the FoodScanner log to your DailyBurn account and really go in-depth analyzing things on the web app. You can also use our free DailyBurn iPhone app to see more macronutrient breakdown. Weight Watchers points would be cool. I have reached out to them regarding this idea. We will see if they are cool with the idea :-) Best Regards, Andy Smith Great suggestions!

We are working on updates to FoodScanner, unfortunately we are waiting for apple to approve some of them! You are right, proper nutrition is more than just calorie counting. In fact, DailyBurn lets you analyze this quite a bit. You can link the FoodScanner log to your DailyBurn account and really go in-depth analyzing things on the web app. You can also use our free DailyBurn iPhone app to see more macronutrient breakdown.

Weight Watchers points would be cool. I have reached out to them regarding this idea. We will see if they are cool with the idea :-)

Best Regards,

Andy Smith

]]> By: @thebetsy http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-16662 @thebetsy Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:14:23 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-16662 I was really excited about the Food Scanner idea until I went on the App store and read some of the ratings/comments. The comments had a point. Being able to account for total calories is nice, but to have a breakdown of fat/carb/protein is better (best if fat/carb were broken down even further. into saturated/unsaturated and soluble & insoluble) To make on the go food choices, this information is critical as we're more apt to make poor choices. Monitoring caloric intake is important in healthy dieting, but so is caloric expenditure (that be exercise folks) it would be nice to have that addition so you can keep track of total calories for the day. I also would suggest having a Weight watchers point breakdown. I can see how Daily Burn might not want to include this information and keep it in family so to speak, but if you thought Food Scanner as a stand-alone iPhone App, having the WW Pt. translations would be a no-brainer and potential another solid revenue stream for them. And a no-brainer purchase on my part. For now, I'll wait until next version comes out. Love the idea though! I was really excited about the Food Scanner idea until I went on the App store and read some of the ratings/comments.

The comments had a point. Being able to account for total calories is nice, but to have a breakdown of fat/carb/protein is better (best if fat/carb were broken down even further. into saturated/unsaturated and soluble & insoluble) To make on the go food choices, this information is critical as we're more apt to make poor choices.

Monitoring caloric intake is important in healthy dieting, but so is caloric expenditure (that be exercise folks) it would be nice to have that addition so you can keep track of total calories for the day.

I also would suggest having a Weight watchers point breakdown. I can see how Daily Burn might not want to include this information and keep it in family so to speak, but if you thought Food Scanner as a stand-alone iPhone App, having the WW Pt. translations would be a no-brainer and potential another solid revenue stream for them. And a no-brainer purchase on my part.

For now, I'll wait until next version comes out. Love the idea though!

]]> By: Coffee by Week › joshua paul premuda | man of leisure http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-16534 Coffee by Week › joshua paul premuda | man of leisure Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:55:36 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-16534 [...] now I’m thinking about how to do that and still track the hard data (maybe combine with the food scanner to track nutrition). Regardless, I like to see the cost and photos together of this [...] [...] now I’m thinking about how to do that and still track the hard data (maybe combine with the food scanner to track nutrition). Regardless, I like to see the cost and photos together of this [...]

]]> By: RedLaser #2 Paid App in the AppStore! http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-16513 RedLaser #2 Paid App in the AppStore! Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:28:04 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-16513 [...] other day I wrote about two TechStars companies (Occipital and DailyBurn) teaming up to create FoodScanner for the iPhone. That app is now in the top 65 in the app store. Occipital provided the underlying [...] [...] other day I wrote about two TechStars companies (Occipital and DailyBurn) teaming up to create FoodScanner for the iPhone. That app is now in the top 65 in the app store. Occipital provided the underlying [...]

]]> By: @AlexanderLaw http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-16346 @AlexanderLaw Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-16346 About 75% of my diet consists of food from restaurants, so there is no bar code. I imagine you have a database of restaurant chains and their menus, but often times I eat at local places that aren't a part of the typical restaurant list. I have no idea how, but someday there will be an app for this :) Great stuff though if bar codes are available. PS - I am going to be in Denver, CO as the MC of this. Wed 9/30 at 12-2pm. It's going to be great. <a href="http://bit.ly/3X5IAL" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/3X5IAL</a> <a href="http://bit.ly/2neil2" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2neil2</a> David and Brad have been great in helping us get this headed in the right direction. Hope to see you there. Feel free to spread the word. About 75% of my diet consists of food from restaurants, so there is no bar code. I imagine you have a database of restaurant chains and their menus, but often times I eat at local places that aren't a part of the typical restaurant list. I have no idea how, but someday there will be an app for this :) Great stuff though if bar codes are available.

PS – I am going to be in Denver, CO as the MC of this. Wed 9/30 at 12-2pm. It's going to be great. http://bit.ly/3X5IAL http://bit.ly/2neil2 David and Brad have been great in helping us get this headed in the right direction. Hope to see you there. Feel free to spread the word.

]]> By: absmith http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-16337 absmith Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:50:14 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-16337 Andrew, We certainly don't advocate eating processed foods all of the time. However, consider: 1. There are plenty of nutritious foods with UPCs. 2. We don't force you to eat foods with UPCs. Our database has 200K foods, which includes all sorts of natural foods, fruits, veggies, etc. You can search for name on these (for now!). 3. The key thing is that scanning your foods increases your awareness. Awareness == good for people wanting to make better diet choices. - Andy Andrew,

We certainly don't advocate eating processed foods all of the time. However, consider:

1. There are plenty of nutritious foods with UPCs.
2. We don't force you to eat foods with UPCs. Our database has 200K foods, which includes all sorts of natural foods, fruits, veggies, etc. You can search for name on these (for now!).
3. The key thing is that scanning your foods increases your awareness. Awareness == good for people wanting to make better diet choices.

- Andy

]]> By: Andrew http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-16299 Andrew Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:42:59 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-16299 Of course if your food has a bar code you are already compromising your diet Of course if your food has a bar code you are already compromising your diet

]]> By: @joelklee http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-16296 @joelklee Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:24:04 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-16296 I am updating my iphone to 3.1 so I can buy FoodScanner now. Thanks Brad! I am updating my iphone to 3.1 so I can buy FoodScanner now. Thanks Brad!

]]> By: heykeenan http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html/comment-page-1#comment-16255 heykeenan Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:28:44 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/dailyburn-and-occipital-team-up-to-create-foodscanner.html#comment-16255 Very cool, I have to believe there is good opportunity in the medical field as well, not just in fitness Very cool, I have to believe there is good opportunity in the medical field as well, not just in fitness

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