Discussion: The data-gathering capacity of wearable devices, including smartphones, combined with cloud-based analytics, has proven itself in clinical health applications (e.g. cardiac recovery) and for personal improvement (e.g. FitBit devices). Data can extend beyond health indicators such as movement, pulse, etc., to behaviours, attention, sociability, etc. The two-fold benefit of such Quantified Self concepts is that the data can generate live and long-duration ‘mirrors’ (where the wearer is offered actionable intelligence about themselves) and ‘portraits’ (where actionable intelligence is available to helping professionals, such as physicians or teachers).
523 Inspiration: What is the future for ‘quantified learners’? For example, poor diet and lack of sleep limit learning ability, so what range, combinations and dashboards of self-measurement feedback could help us become better learners?
