What’s new in quantified self
-
Upload
richard-sprague -
Category
Documents
-
view
629 -
download
1
description
Transcript of What’s new in quantified self
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