1. What’s New in Quantified Self
Interesting new products and services
December 2012
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2. Quantified Self…
“Global sales of mobile-health apps will
increase from $718m in 2011 to $1.3
Mobile billion this year.”
Research2Guidance as quoted in
Make Social The dream of the medical tricorder |
Dec 1, 2012
Sensors “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
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3. Shine
• $79 pre-order on Indiegogo, ships March 2013
• Free iPhone app available now for general tracking.
• Wireless/bluetoothless/connectionless mobile sync
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4. Basis
• $199 currently sold out
• Optical heart rate sensor,
activity, perspiration, skin
temperature
• Team from EyeFi, Logitech, AOL
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5. Amiigo
• $120, ships April 2013
• Heart-rate, oxygen, skin
temperature.
• Wristband + clip: two-part
design to identify
swimming, running, etc.
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6. 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 owned.
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7. 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.
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9. Lift
• Free app, on iPhone now.
• Track goals, share with the
world
• By the creators and investors
behind Twitter.
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10. Cardiio
• $2.99 now for iPhone
• Touchless pulse detection
using facial camera.
• Backed by MIT students
enrolled in Rock Health
incubator.
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11. 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
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12. Skin Vision
• Free, iOS/Android, available now.
• Check moles with image analysis
algorithm; refer to dermatologist.
• Amsterdam-based, funded through
Philips
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14. 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.
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15. Ginger.io
• iPhone (invitation only)
• Background app tracks phone
sensor data and uploads to
cloud for analysis.
• Well-funded, Boston/SF-based.
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16. 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.
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