adams: Calories

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><header class="post-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', DroidSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"></header><br /><div class="post-body branded-links" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', DroidSerif, serif; line-height: 23.25px; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><div class="image-wrapper mt-image-left" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0.333em 1em 0.5em 0px; max-width: 270px; min-width: 1px; position: relative; width: 248.422px;"><div style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="image lazy-image initialized loaded" data-alt="Instagram photo of spaghetti and sauce" data-picture="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative;"></span></div><div class="pad" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;"><span class="image lazy-image initialized loaded" data-alt="Instagram photo of spaghetti and sauce" data-picture="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; position: relative;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Soon, Google Will Count the Calories in Your Food</i></span></span><span style="border-color: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 15px; height: auto; width: inherit;"><img alt="Instagram photo of spaghetti and sauce" src="http://p-fst2.pixstatic.com/55752b36dbfa3f6578006dab/_w.270_h.190_s.centercrop_/Screen%20Shot%202015-06-08%20at%201.41.47%20AM.png" style="border: 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: static; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: inherit;" /></span></span></div><span class="image lazy-image initialized loaded" data-alt="Instagram photo of spaghetti and sauce" data-picture="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 15px; position: relative;"></span><div style="font-size: 15px;"></div><div class="image-controls" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; left: 0px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; position: absolute; text-align: center; top: 10px; width: 248.422px;"></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;">Ever wonder just how many calories are in that triple-dip ice cream cone you just documented on Instagram? Wonder no more — Google is working on technology to analyze photos to estimate the caloric value of the foods pictured. Sounds a little crazy, a little magic — and ultimately pretty awesome.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;">And not just for eaters — researchers would also be keen to get their hands on huge amounts of nutrition data like this. "I have colleagues in epidemiology and public health, and they really want this stuff," said one of the researchers.</div><div class="content-highlight" style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-radius: 0.33em; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 1em;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;">→ <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read more</strong>: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/02/google-calories-instagram-food-porn" sl-processed="1" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e56804; text-decoration: none !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Google wants to count the calories in your Instagram food porn</strong></a> from Hannah Jane Parkinson at The Guardian</div></div></div></div>

Soon, Google Will Count the Calories in Your Food

Soon, Google Will Count the Calories in Your Food Ever wonder just how many calories are in that triple-dip ice cream cone you just document...

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