Some of the most inspiring self-tracking projects. - By Michael Agger. The Quantified Self site has an apt, Socratic motto: "Self knowledge through numbers.
" (Though maybe it should deploy a hyphen in there.) It's where I go to learn from the most dedicated self-trackers, the people who are pushing this idea forward. Let's take a brief tour of some of my favorite videos from Q.S. meet-ups. Seth Roberts, a professor of psychology, is in some ways a poster boy for the movement. Lifelog. Early prototype of "Quantimetric Self-Sensing" apparatus, 1996 (body sensing apparatus with Digital Eye Glass for realtime display of ECG, EEG, EVG, and other body sensing apparatus output[1]).
The above-pictured "Quantimetric Self-Sensing" apparatus when removed from the body harness: Left-to-right: Respiration Sensor; ECG; EEG; Skin Conductivity; EVG (ElectroVisuoGram=Quantimetric EyeTap).[2] The Quantified Self[3] is a movement to incorporate technology into data acquisition on aspects of a person's daily life in terms of inputs (e.g. food consumed, quality of surrounding air), states (e.g. mood, arousal, blood oxygen levels), and performance (mental and physical).
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