We’ve recently been doing a number of interviews on the Quantified Self, the trend of capturing behavioral and body data for analysis and sharing. One of the questions that keeps popping up in these interviews and everyday conversations alike is: Where will this lead down the road? In other words,[…]
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Quantified Self Data and Privacy
Quantifying ourselves means tracking the most sensitive kind of data: Our behavior and our location. The conversations we have on a day-to-day basis about body tracking and the Quantified Self clearly show that most people are acutely aware of just how sensitive this type of data is. In fact, privacy[…]
The Quantified Self in health and lifestyle
If there’s one area where we can really see tracking taking off, it’s medical and lifestyle. We deliberately combine both as the boundaries are increasingly blurry: Whereas medical emcompasses all things health-related, by lifestyle we mean to include the kind of active lifestyle that the fitness & sports industries portrait.[…]
El.Rep.: Vermessungen, Verärgerungen und Verbrechen
Gestern kam die neue Folge des Elektrischen Reporters heraus. In der DigiGesellschaft beschäftig man sich mit dem „quantifizierten Selbst“. Man nutzt technische Hilfsmittel aller Art, von Medizintechnik bis zur iPhone-App, um genaueste Daten über alle Funktionen des Körpers aufzuzeichnen, sie in Graphen umzuwandeln, miteinander auszutauschen oder gleich online zu stellen.[…]