Muscle/fat monitor Skulpt Aim hits $100,000 funding target

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Skulpt Aim - the world's first device to measure the quality of your muscles through the skin.

It had just launched its $100,000 project on crowdfunding site Indiegogo - a target it has successful reached within a month. Indeed, the total is now around $125,000 and won’t end until 12 January 2014.

In terms of still getting involved, you can currently get your Skulpt Aim device for either $125 (RRP $199) or a gold version for $149 (both prices excluding P&P)

This compares to the original options of $99 (which sold out very quickly) and $119 (which I got).

Anyhow, company CEO Jose Bohorquez is very happy with the response as you can see below.

What lies beneath: Skulpt looks below your skin

Here's something to file under W for Weird.

Skulpt is a crowdfunded project to launch a monitor that will enable you to measure the fat percentage and relative muscle quality of whatever it's placed on.

It's intriguing not because it would be very useful for me - I certainly don't have upper body muscles - but it's certainly interesting in terms of how people are looking to use this new generation of self-measuring technology.

The creators say that using it to measure your four main muscle groups - biceps, triceps, abs and thigh - will provide a good estimate of overall body composition.

As you can see below, it provides score (called MQ), which like IQ is based around 100 as a general average.

Of course, this being a crowdfunded project - on the IndieGoGo website - it requires upfront payment in order to become reality.

At time of writing, Skulpt has raised around a quarter of its required $100,000, although it has plenty of time to go. The project shuts on 12 January 2014.

If you're interested, you can get in early, with the first 100 backerspaying $99 (plus P&P of $25 outside North America) instead of the RRP of $199.