Tag: Quantifiable Self

Health-Tracking “Smart Toilet” Discerns Users by Their Unique “Analprints”

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Mountable on standard systems, a new “smart toilet” concept debuted in the scientific journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, in a research paper by Sanjiv Gambhir of Stanford University. The health-tracking system within the device scans biological waste and uploads the data found to the cloud. It builds unique user profiles based on “analprints,” or the distinct shape of everyone’s butthole—which it captures through a camera within …

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Sleep Number 360 Smart Bed

Everything you've come to expect from a sleep-tracker, in an adjustable mattress

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For anyone who’s spent substantial time adjusting a bed to their ideal position, Sleep Number’s recently debuted mattress, the 360 Smart Bed, does the adjusting for you. But that’s not all; this mattress tracks users’ sleep and reports to Sleep Number’s connected app for personal analysis. That data can integrate with a Fitbit and the whole system can be paired with a Nest thermostat. One …

Matrix’s Body-Heat-Powered Smartwatch, PowerWatch

An advanced activity-tracker requiring no charging ever

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One of the biggest challenges to activity- and sleep-tracking gadgets happens to be the disruption caused by charging. While battery life has improved for certain devices, anyone looking for a solid, entire day read loses accuracy for those power-up minutes. With the PowerWatch, which is at 185% of its Indiegogo goal at time of publish, the wearer’s body heat charges the versatile device while it’s …