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Parsing a new Pew report: 3 ways the Internet is shaping healthcare - O'Reilly Radar
This new PEW report covers how the internet, and data, is changing healthcare. This includes the quantified self, of course, but also goes beyond that and puts it into the larger context of healthcare.
health  quantifiedself  data  healthcare  3wfav 
10 days ago by thewavingcat
Northeastern students create a shirt that knows when you're slacking off on your workout - Innovation Economy - Boston.com
As body sensors become more and more ubiquitous, we see them integrated in more day to day products and in some highly specialized niches. In this case, we see a prototype for a shirt that's packed with sensors to monitor your body (heart rate and all) for further analysis. While for now this is aimed at elite athletes and other gym rats, we expect to see the technology trickle down to more consumer grade goods quite soon.
3wfav  qs  quantifiedself  apparel  tech  sensors  iot 
23 days ago by thewavingcat
The quantified self: Counting every moment | The Economist
"Seeing the facts on your computer screen makes them difficult to ignore." The Economist gives a solid overview of the Quantified Self, aimed at a mainstream, non-geeky audience. We read it like a reality check on the QS.
3wfav  quantifiedself  selftracking 
12 weeks ago by thewavingcat
Golem.de: Quantified Self: Ich tracke, also bin ich
We wrote two articles for Golem (in German). #1 is live now.
quantifiedself  self  article  de  3wfav  mystuff 
january 2012 by thewavingcat
Market For TechCrunch: Mobile Health Apps Projected To Quadruple To $400 Million By 2016
We've been confident that the market for Quantified Self and health apps would go through the roof over the next few years. Now Techcrunch has some numbers to back us up.
3wfav  quantifiedself  health  med  bodytracking  fitness  healthcare 
december 2011 by thewavingcat
The Guardian: Know thyself: the Quantified Self devotees who live by numbers
While we had to cancel our trip to the Quantified Self Europe Conference last week, the Guardian published a quite comprehensive summary of the event, and a good intro into the topic.
3wfav  quantifiedself  qseurope 
december 2011 by thewavingcat
Forbes: AT&T Plans To Sell Health-Tracking Clothing
With AT&T, another big corporation, and a telecommunications provider, has entered the market for body tracking (otherwise known as Quantified Self). T-Com has some horses in that race already, and plenty of smaller companies have been pushing hard into this field.
qs  quantifiedself  clothes  wearables  at&t  att 
november 2011 by thewavingcat
ReadTracker - Android Market
Android app to track your reading progress as a workaround to integrate paper reading into Readmill
qs  quantifiedself  reading  social  readmill  app  android 
november 2011 by thewavingcat
AT&T Names Chief Medical Information Officer | AT&T
When telcos hire Chief Medical Information Officers you know that healthcare is changing.
health  telco  quantifiedself  3wfav 
september 2011 by thewavingcat

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