Pure Magic: a WiFi enabled Bathroom Scale.

We've all heard the predictions that one day our refrigerators and microwaves will be connected to the Internet.  I've always been a little skeptical about the benefits in those particular cases, but the smart people over at Withings created an Internet-enabled bathroom scale that I really, really love.  I've been using it for the past couple days, since UPS so kindly delivered it from Amazon.  Once configured, you use it like you would any other bathroom scale.  The pure magic happens when -- in addition to displaying the data on its built-in LCD screen -- it automatically senses which of the family members is stepping on it at that very moment and transmits (via WiFi) all of the readings (weight and body composition) to Withings' Internet service.  The data is instantly available through an account at Withings and through an iPhone application (WiScale).

Why would anybody want such a device?  If you're like me and you're working to regain some of the fitness lost after years of working behind a desk in the technology industry, the scale is a godsend.  Trending data is extremely valuable and the only alternative is hand documenting each weigh-in.  Plus, the data is now available for other Internet applications, such as Google Health and RunKeeper.  Who only knows what future applications could use the data in life improving ways.