Quantified-Self & Gamification

Virtually everyone has experienced the negative effects of a bad night's sleep: grogginess, crankiness, lack of focus and a host of other nasty feelings that hover over your body and mind the entire day.

Health Central compiled the bad effects of bad sleep on this inforgraphic.

What is interesting with such medical background compilation, is that it serves the promotion of Sleep trackers.

So did Jawbone which uses this as an undirect proof of concept for for its Up wristband.

Sequencing your DNA in a minute ?

Soon as simple as making you a coffee !

What else ?

 
There is a bubble in the tech world and Pebble is to blame. With Pebble's unprecedented successful Kickstarter campaign last year ( a record 10 Million raised) !

he idea of having employees walk around with electronic sensors to track their every move is unsettling. There are privacy and legal issues, and who wants to feel like they are just a cog in a system?  

But data companies say that the resulting reams of information will improve life for companies and employees.

Sociometric Solutions has created tracking devices for Bank of America, Steelcase, and Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc., and is in talks with General Motors.

Amico is a stylish bracelet that brings social networks to life. It connects you to relevant people in real life without interfering with your normal behavior and maintaining the emotions of meeting a person for the first time.

The product seems to be still in conception. No price yet.

If the intention is good, the product itself lacks entertaining features. Look at Nintendo 3DS and the Mii Collect application. It is so funny !  Just think how it could be if it would be linked to Social Networks.

Self-tracking is rapidly moving mainstream. This abbreviated presentation is an update of a version posted here last year, and was prepared for health & fitness

“Quantified Self” emerged as a major theme at South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival this year.

Here is a review of the trend, with a focus on Bodymedia devices and Higi Social network.

Jawbone is putting the pieces in place to become a wearable health technology leader.

Great claim !

The Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE will be comprised of two distinct Challenges held between 2013 and 2014. Prize purses totaling $2.25 million will be awarded.

Daniel Kraft is member of the Scientific Advisory Board.

Paul Sonnier, from Digital Health Group on LinkedIn, is member of the jury.

Playing Scattergories using GoogleGlasses ? 

It's just like using a computer's dictionary while playing Scrabble or a computer chess program while playing an in-person game. There's no question at all -- it's cheating.

Given pending mobile medical apps guidance from the FDA, Rock Health has developed a guide for digital health entrepreneurs trying to navigate the FDA process.

Defintely a usefull presentation. Congrats to Rock Health !

A top10 list of Digital Sensorlocked onto touch, sight, hearing, taste and smell.

The smartphone will play an increasing important role in all of this as they go from having six built-in sensors currently to having sixteen in the next five years.

If these predictions are correct then the next five years will be half-a-decade of sensor proliferation meaning the Digital Health Ecosystem will grow exponentially. In the meantime though there are already a plethora of digital health sensors in use or in the pipeline that are helping people improve and, in some instances, save lives. 

TOP10 innovation list includes :

SANO, ZEPHYR, CARDIIO, MC10, ALIVECOR, MEDSENSATION, FWS, WITHINGS, EQUIVITAL, SOMAXIS

Sqord is an actimeter concept dedicated to children. Based on Fitbit technology, the design has been made more robust and colorfull for the kids audience. No visuals of the App yet, neither of their "gamified" progression system.

No price yet

A new study led by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) suggests that certain games could provide an attractive energy-burning P.E. alternative option for kids.

Bill Evans from "Dose of Digital" wrote this interesting article about Health in Videogames. To be completed.

People often see games as bad for health but many institutions have been hard at work to make them work for us. Here are 6 ways games can help healthcare.