Are you too fat? Samsung's WELT smartbelt will have the answer when it hits waistlines in Jan

Samsung's WELT has reached its Kickstarter funding target and will now ship to backers in January.

Samsung's sadly named WELT smartbelt has currently passed its $30,000 funding target on Kickstarter and is slated for delivery in January, simply in time to figure off the excesses of the vacation season.

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The WELT was one in all many wearables Samsung's inventive work debuted at CES 2016 and is currently doing the rounds at IFA 2016 to coincide with its August thirty Kickstarter campaign. As of Tuesday, it had reached its funding target, with nearly four hundred backers and $41,000 in funding with a month left.
The app also tracks rapid variations in the wearer's waist size.

The WELT, short for well-being and belt, blends fashion and fitness with an eye fixed on the area as a key indicator of somebody's health. It functions as a belt however includes a magnetic device embedded within the buckle.

It's meant to assist folks create healthier selections by keeping a tab on the scale of the area, steps taken, time spent sitting and ingestion habits.

The WELT sends information to a smartphone app, that offers individualized health goals supported the info. The device measures waist sizes between twenty eight and forty four inches.

Presumably following the app's steering can end in a slimmer area over time, though it conjointly tracks fast variations within the wearer's girth to live the impact of excessive banqueting.

WELT Corporation, the corporate spun out of Samsung's inventive work, says it's progressing to support each Samsung's S Health and Apple Health, except for currently it's solely integrated with the WELT app for humanoid, with associate degree iOS app within the works. the corporate conjointly notes that these health platforms do not live gluttony or waistlines.

The cheapest $69 supply has already sold-out out, however there area unit many different choices starting from $99 to $179 for one belt, likewise as packages for multiple belts of up to $9,900 for eighty belts. The belts area unit offered in Classic, Classic Men, Classic ladies and Premium.

The Welt battery can last up to twenty days and might be charged via a mini-USB port within the buckle.