the motivated consumer and the quantified self

The motivated consumerand the quantified self

STEVEN DEAN@sgdean

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Sensors

Mobile

Sharing

Cloud

Design

If we can measure it,we can improve it.

“I eat less when I’m happy.”

“I’m seeing if exercise helps my mood.”

“I finished my first marathon.”

The Quantified Self

Weight

Exercise

Food

Mood

Sleep

Time

Money

Location

Energy

Calories

Steps

Goals

Relations

Runs

Words

Silence

Coffee

Dreams

Books

…

Sensors

Mobile

Sharing

Cloud

Design

Image: Mustafa Bagdatli

“We want our health to become a number. That is one of the reasons why we seem to be at the beginning of a real Cambrian Explosion of ‘Health Internet Things’ and tracking gadgets.

Everything in our bathroom or pharmacy will soon have a display and…all of these displays will want to connect, thereby producing a real-time, ever-changing picture of our ambient health.”

- futurist Walter de Brouwer

Image: Feltron Annual Report 2009 feltron.com

Image: Feltron Annual Report 2009 feltron.com

Image: Feltron Annual Report 2009 feltron.com

Thank you.

STEVEN DEAN@sgdean

sgdean@g51studio.com