Interview with Jacques Lepine, CEO Slow Control, inventor of the 1st smart fork

Have you heard of the digital fork? Jacques Lépine, the man who wants us all to be "eating slowly" is the founder of ‘Slow Control’. He created a concept, a product, and a company, in order to help us manage the speed with which we eat. And many people are listening to him at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where his fork is debuting at the HapiLabs stand. My company Basil Strategies is accompanying this French start-up, that we believe is making its mark on the Quantified Self movement. DS  How would you describe your invention? JL  Well, as an engineer, I can say that this is a unique fork containing some lightweight Jacques Lépine, CEO of Slow Control embedded electronics  that enables consumers to personalize their rate of food intake. If the user exceeds his desired speed, the fork will either vibrate or light up to let him know. The choice of the signal is up to the user. In addition, the fork will record meal times and the frequency of the forkfuls. The results will be visualized in graphs. DS  And the "Eating slowly" concept, what can you tell us about it? JL  "Eating slowly" is an international concept. People often think of overweight as the main problem of eating too fast. But research studies show that eating too fast can cause other medical issues. Eating too leads to gastric reflux, bloating, metabolic disorders such as diabetes... DS How did you come up with the digital fork? JL I...
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