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Bathroom Scales: There's An App For That

by Gabriel Spitzer, NPR
March 21, 2011

As fitness goes high-tech, even your bathroom scale is going digital. One company went from making old-fashioned spring-loaded scales to scales that aren't just digital but use all sorts of high-tech applications to talk directly to your wireless device.

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  • All Things Considered, March 21, 2011
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