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Ask HN: Do you think this thin-ice weight loss concept could work?
It seems too good to be true. To wear an insole that burns an extra 500-1000 calories a day. Does anyone on HN know if this might be a hack that can work?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/thin-ice-the-very-first-weight-loss-clothing-line
- onion2k 11y agoAssuming those are values are actually kilocalories (1 Calorie in food is 1000 calories) then that device would need a battery that can boil 5 litres of water[1] eg 5000 grams of water raised 100 degrees = 500000 calories = 500 kilocalories. I'm not sure I'd want to stand on that... [1] 1 calorie can raise 1 gram of water by 1 degree