INVENTIONS: AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT LA CROSSE

To Test for Body Fat: Ditch the Calipers and Just Lie Down

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

What it is: A system for measuring levels of body fat using a mat embedded with sensors that can assess the density of various parts of the body.

The market: Spending on equipment and testing that measures body-fat composition is hard to calculate....

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