what’s new in quantified self
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Summary of new consumer-oriented devices and services for Quantified Self. Prepared for Seattle Meetup Dec 2012TRANSCRIPT
What’s New in Quantified Self
Interesting new products and services
December 2012
Quantified Self…
“Global sales of mobile-health apps will increase from $718m in 2011 to $1.3 billion this year.”
Research2Guidance as quoted in The dream of the medical tricorder |Dec 1, 2012
“The medical devices and software systems of 2020 will be as different from today’s computers as the car floor-mounted, multi-pound cell phones with bulky handset cords of 1986 are from today’s iPhones! “
Musings of a Technology Optimist | Dec 2012
Mobile
Social
Sensors
Make
Shine
• $79 pre-order on Indiegogo, ships March 2013
• Free iPhone app available now for general tracking.
• Wireless/bluetoothless/connectionless mobile [email protected]
Basis
• $199 currently sold out
• Optical heart rate sensor, activity, perspiration, skin temperature
• Team from EyeFi, Logitech, AOL
Amiigo
• $120, ships April 2013
• Heart-rate, oxygen, skin temperature.
• Wristband + clip: two-part design to identify swimming, running, etc.
Muse
• $200 preorder on Indiegogo, available in June 2013
• EEG bipolar readings using AFz as the reference for AF3, AF4, TP9, TP10.
• Toronto-based, privately [email protected]
North Paw
• $149 Kit only, ships now.
• Soldering iron, wire cutter, etc. required
• Anklet vibrates when you face North.
• Research at University of Osnabrück in Germany suggests you’ll train yourself intuitively after a few weeks.
Lift
• Free app, on iPhone now.
• Track goals, share with the world
• By the creators and investors behind Twitter.
Cardiio
• $2.99 now for iPhone
• Touchless pulse detection using facial camera.
• Backed by MIT students enrolled in Rock Health incubator.
AliveCor Heart Monitor
• $200, iPhone, ships Jan 2013 (physicians only)
• FDA Approved, Class II
• Clinical-quality Lead I single-channel ECG recorder
• SF-based, $13.5M funding
Skin Vision
• Free, iOS/Android, available now.
• Check moles with image analysis algorithm; refer to dermatologist.
• Amsterdam-based, funded through Philips
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Hardware sensors
Software and cloud services
Electric Imp
• $25 card, available end-2012
• Wifi, easy I/O, including email, Twitter, SMS.
• Software development in Squirrel (C-like), or graphical “behavior” editor.
Ginger.io
• iPhone (invitation only)
• Background app tracks phone sensor data and uploads to cloud for analysis.
• Well-funded, Boston/SF-based.
IFTTT + Withings
• Free service to easily connect one web account with another (Twitter, email, Docs.)
• Supports Withings body scale, blood pressure, etc.
• Email/Tweet/Save your measurements automatically.
Upcoming products
$99 Microbiome test
$29 blood tests
