Omron have brought out a set of digital scales that not only measure your weight and body fitness but also allow you to capture that data on your mobile phone and chart your data. The product is called BI-LINK for mobiles. It is available on Docomo phones as an download application.
The picture here shows the mobile’s infra-red display picking up the data directly from the scales and then showing that data recorded on the phone with line graphs.
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