‘It’s like having a physician in your pocket!’ A critical analysis of self-diagnosis smartphone apps.
Author: Lupton, Deborah Jutel, Annemarie Abstract: More than 100,000 mobile phone software applications ('apps') have been designed for the dissemination of health and medical information and healthcare and public health initiatives. This article presents a critical...
Secure management of low power fitness trackers
Author(s): Rahman, Mahmudur Carbunar, Bogdan Topkara, Umut Abstract: The increasing popular interest in personal telemetry, also called the Quantified Self or "lifelogging", has induced a popularity surge for wearable personal fitness trackers. Fitness trackers...
Understanding Quantified-Selfers’ Interplay between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in the Use of Activity-Tracking Devices
Author(s): Shin, GraceCheon, Eun JeongJarrahi, Mohammad H Abstract: Interest in consumer tracking devices that measure movement to help consumers track and understand their daily activities has rapidly increased in recent years. Although a few studies have focused on...
Exploring UX issues in quantified self technologies
Author(s) Oh, JeungminLee, Uichin Abstract: The Quantified Self is a movement that promotes the use of technology for self-tracking various kinds of personal information, such as physical activities and energy consumption. In this paper, we study the user reviews of...
Explorations of wearable technology for tracking self and others
Author(s): Koo, Sumin HelenFallon, Kristopher Abstract: The Quantified Self is a movement that promotes the use of technology for self-tracking various kinds of personal information, such as physical activities and energy consumption. In this paper, we study the user...
Intelligent Computing in Personal Informatics: Key Design Considerations
Author(s): Fredrik OhlinCarl Magnus Olsson Abstract: An expanding range of apps supported by wearable and mobile devices are being used by people engaged in personal informatics in order to track and explore data about themselves and their everyday activities. While...
Sleep apps and the quantified self: blessing or curse?
Author(s): Van den Bulck, Jan Abstract: This editorial discusses about sleep apps. A vibrating alarm from the SONY SWR10 SmartbandTM wakes up the wearer not at a prearranged hour, but at the point near that hour when, according to the device’s measurements, the wearer...
The law and ethics of ‘self-quantified’ health information: an Australian perspective
Author(s): Daly, A. Abstract: Key Points This exploratory article examines the phenomenon of the ‘Quantified Self’—until recently, a subculture of enthusiasts who aim to discover knowledge about themselves and their bodies through self-tracking, usually using wearable...
The Use of Self-Quantification Systems for Personal Health Information: Big Data Management Activties and Prospects
Author(s): Manal Almalki, Kathleen Gray Fernando Martin Sanchez Abstract: Background Self-quantification is seen as an emerging paradigm for health care self-management. Self-quantification systems (SQS) can be used for tracking, monitoring, and quantifying health...
Connected car: Quantified self becomes quantified car
Author(s): Swan, Melanie Abstract: The automotive industry could be facing a situation of profound change and opportunity in the coming decades. There are a number of influencing factors such as increasing urban and aging populations, self-driving cars, 3D parts...