List of quantified self projects
List of projects that work on Quantified self.
Name |
Launch year |
Categories |
Notes |
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Lovetap/Life |
2013(?) |
App, health |
Period tracker for women.1 |
Basis/Peak |
App and physical tracking device. Health. |
Tracks various sleep metrics and heart rate. Seems to be geared toward people who exercise often. The app seems to even support goal-setting:
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Physical device, app. Health. |
As for metrics tracked, they list “steps, floors climbed, active minutes, calories burned and more”2. From a brief look, there didn't seem to be any feature for goal-setting, although there are graphs that the app plots. |
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Physical tracking device, website. Health. |
Tracks movement. There is also apparently a personal human coach that helps to motivate one. |
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GreenGoose! |
20103 |
Various monitoring. Stickers. |
The idea seems to be to place on objects stickers that have accelerometers on them, as well as other “tiny sensors”4. Seems to no longer exist(?). |
Distance tracking. App. |
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Physical device. |
Seems to be a device placed on pill bottles to track when medication is taken. The website calls it a “new approach to medication management through reminders, social feedbacks, financial incentives and automatic refills.” They also have a research page. |
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Physical device. Sleep. |
Sleep tracking device. No longer exists. |
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20035 |
Headband and smart alarm clock(?). Sleep. |
Sleep tracking. gwern uses Zeo. |
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Clothing. Health. App. |
Clothing that tracks muscle activity, heart rate, etc. |
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Tinké |
Device, app. |
Apparently “measures your heart rate, respiratory rate, blood oxygen saturation and heart rate variability”6. |
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Health. |
See GeekWire article |
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Health. |
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References
- https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-significant-startups-for-QuantifiedSelf-and-SelfTracking
- Quantified Self: Meet the Quantified Employee by Josh Bersin talks about QS and people analytics
