19 Aug 2014
By Belle
More earables, quantified farms and amazing data visualisations: Quantified Self weekly links
Products
FreeWavz [Kickstarter]
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]
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]
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.
- Google Fit SDK developer preview
- The enlightened consumer
- Highest funded health device on Kickstarter presents incomplete solution to improve sleep
Image credits: TechHive, Modern Farmer, VentureBeat
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