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A growing number of people and publications are talking about the Quantified Self movement, whose motto is "self knowledge through numbers." It's hard not to notice the influx of devices designed for self tracking that have emerged in recent years. There's the Zeo sleep coach, the Striiv personal trainer, Nike's Fuelband, the JawboneUP, and the BodyMedia Fit. The Fitbit personal trainer, however, has been the device getting the most attention.
The most recent iteration of the device, the Fitbit Ultra, a wireless personal trainer that is basically a powerful pedometer with some added capabilities, has been getting a lot of attention lately. The device uses a three-dimensional accelerometer to measure a user’s activity level. The device can clip onto a belt, be put in a...
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“We are on our way to 50 billion connected devices, said Don Jones, VP of Global Strategy & Market Development at Qualcomm Life during the Burrill Digital Health event in Burlingame, Ca. And the power of these devices should be tapped for health management to address the healthcare crisis. “Every government has a big, big problem to address concerning healthcare,” he said, citing the recent S&P warning to G20 countries that they will receive a downgrade if healthcare costs are not decreased by 2015. "This is one of the most serious things that has come our recently," he said.