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Are You Ready for a 'Quantified Life'?

One vision of the future puts your phone's sensor data in the hands of megacorporations. But what if you were in control of it?
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Turning Cell Phones into Urban Supercomputers

Technology : ReadWriteWeb (2 years ago)

One of the primary ideas behind IBM's Smarter Planet concept is a web of sensors all over the planet, leading to a data explosion. But what if that web of sensors was more directly under the public's control? Strategic forecast cons... Read Post

Basis Takes On Jawbone, Nike, Finally Launches Its Impressive $199 Health Tracking Band

Technology : TechCrunch (6 months ago)

For Quantified Self devotees, data hounds and fitness enthusiasts, it's a good time to be alive. Recent improvements in sensor technology, battery life and connectivity (and lower costs) have given rise to a slew of wearable gadgets... Read Post

You are your data: The scary future of the quantified self movement

Technology : Pando Daily (6 hours ago)

Few if any consumers who fell behind on their credit card payments in the early 2000s thought that half a decade later employers would use their credit score to determine their job worthiness. Few avid social media users must have r... Read Post


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