by Michael Reuter | 2 May 2014 | Blockchain
Here’s the transcript of this Datarella (DR) interview with Klaus Bscheid: DR Klaus, can you tell us a little bit about ambiotex Klaus Sure! ambiotex has developed a textile with integrated sensors. With these sensors we can track a genuine one-lead ECG. Based...
by Michael Reuter | 29 April 2014 | Blockchain
Cambridge PhD student Helge Gruetjen was a chain-smoker, weighting 120 kilograms, who started to row for the Cambridge University Boat Club in 2010 to become one of a team of five trying to beat the Oxford squad. He had set himself an “unrealistic goal”:...
by Michael Reuter | 24 April 2014 | Blockchain
Here’s the transcript of this Datarella (DR) interview with Michael Ricks, self-tracker, investment banker and inventor. DR Michael, you are an American living in Munich, Germany. Could you tell us a little about you? Michael Ok – so, what am I? A guy who...
by Michael Reuter | 9 April 2014 | Blockchain
Here’s the transcript of this Datarella (DR) interview with Florian Schumacher, Founder QS Meetups, Germany. DR Florian Schumacher, you started the first Quantified Self QS Meetup in Germany. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about your QS approach?...
by Joerg Blumtritt | 31 March 2014 | Blockchain
Asthma is one of the most common chronical conditions. For many who are affected, it would be necessary to monitor their lung functions much more frequently than by visiting their doctor once or twice a year. Spirometers which measure the volume of air taken in and...
by Joerg Blumtritt | 27 March 2014 | Blockchain
iSpex is a plastic contraption that can be clipped on top of a smartphone’s camera. In this simple slit spectrograph light is defracted and polarized by shining through birefringent plastic sheets and a polarisation film. iSpex measures how aerosoles –...
by Michael Reuter | 25 August 2013 | Blockchain
Die knapp einstündige Dokumentation der BBC zeigt eindrucksvoll, wie Quantified Self das Gesundheitswesen von Grund auf ändert. Die Meßbarkeit des eigenen Körpers anhand kleiner, am Körper selbst bzw. an der Kleidung zu tragender Geräte in Verbindung mit...
