19 Aug 2014
By Belle
Belle

More earables, quantified farms and amazing data visualisations: Quantified Self weekly links

Products

FreeWavz [Kickstarter]

FreeWavz earphones

Wireless earphones with built-in fitness tracking. I especially love that you can adjust the strength of sound from your music and your surroundings separately.

  • Sproutling: a baby sleep monitor
  • SexFit: a fitness tracker for your penis
  • Navdy: projects info from your phone in front of you while you drive
  • Tado: smart climate control for your house

Apps

FarmLogs [iOS, Android, Web]

FarmLogs

This app helps farmers to track their crops, keep on top of farm-related news and share data about their farm with others. It also sends updates about the weather to help farmers decide when to get into and out of the fields.

  • Fittr: workout tracking app [iOS]
  • Datamonkey: learn how to work with data [Web]
  • Humin: contacts organised the way you remember them [iOS]

News and articles

Data is Beautiful [Subreddit]

visualisation of ship-log entries

If data visualisation is your thing, this subreddit will give you plenty to look at. The image above is a great example of the what you'll find there. It's a visualisation made from ship-log entries.

Image credits: TechHive, Modern Farmer, VentureBeat

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