Re:A peek inside Exist, our quantifed self app close to launch
by ejain on Friday January 17, 2014 @02:50PM
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Withings has a wireless blood pressure cuff, and makes the data available through a Web API for services like exist.io.
BodyMedia's FIT detects when you lie down and get up (so no need to push any buttons), and you don't need to transfer the device into an awkward wrist strap (since you're wearing it on your upper arm).
Re:A peek inside Exist, our quantifed self app close to launch
by aditya on Friday January 17, 2014 @02:06PM
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The new jawbone UP24 is similar in that you need to push a button but if you forget to manually do it, it asks you later if you want to count those immobile hours as sleep. Works pretty well by measuring deep sleep, light sleep and awake time along with counting steps etc.
Re:A peek inside Exist, our quantifed self app close to launch
by najra on Friday January 17, 2014 @01:08PM
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I recently got a My Basis watch for this, works pretty well, and soon there should be more advanced sleep tracking as well. Really interesting to have an continuous heart-rate tracker, you can tell how much impact having a cold can have on your entire body for instance...
I'm keen to adopt Quantified Self strategies. It's more important, valuable as you get older.
I bought an Omron 10 blood pressure cuff. It has a USB port and some Windows software. I'm a Mac user. Figuring out how to slurp the measurements is on my to do list. I hope you're considering supporting home health monitors. Glucose monitors, BP, weight, etc.
I've been looking for a passive sleep monitor. The FitBit I own requires me to start and stop the timer. Meh. I've tried the SleepCycle app. Haven't embraced it yet.
Anyway. Good luck. You're doing important work.