DIY, sensors, wearables, mobile and data all converge in the Quantified Self. An explanation about Quantified Self for MLove ConFestival 2013 - what it is, what it isn't, and what business cases and uses there are today.

1. Maarten den Braber
Digital Health Strategist
Co-founder QS Europe / Amsterdam
Co-founder Nexthealth
@mdbraber
http://mdbraber.com
m@mdbraber.com
+31 6 13897073
Quantified Self
MLove, June 20, 2013

4. Quantified Self
Beyond numerals: can include graphs,
visualizations or qualitative time-series
data (“how do I feel?”)

5. Quantified Self
Self concerns everybody in the sphere of
direct individual concern. E.g. it could
include other family members

6. “Are we human?”
The Killers - Human

7. Emerging, converging and
exponential trends
DIY, Sensors, Wearables, Mobile, Data

8. New senses and
self-expression
Computers, wearables and other forms of
new technology are used to create new
senses and as form of self-expression

9. “We are all self amplifying
feedback loops”
Jason Silva

12. (Activity) trackers
Continuous monitoring of movement,
activity, sleep, heart rate, temperature, GSR

13. (Activity) trackers
Continuous monitoring of movement,
activity, sleep, heart rate, temperature, GSR
Future uses
- Early detection of Parkinson’s (speed)
- Speed of recovery after operation
- Health motivation / competition

15. “We are building a
second skin”
Jason Silva

16. Lumoback
Continuous monitoring and feedback of
lower-back related problems
Future uses
- Posture feedback at work (health/stress)
- After surgery recovery and feedback
- Long term posture tracking

17. Lumoback
Continuous monitoring and feedback of
lower-back related problems

18. “Let me know,
is your heart still beating?”
The Killers

19. AliveCor ECG
Single-lead ECG, giving professionals and
patients direct access to reliable ECG data
to be shared for analysis

20. AliveCor ECG
Single-lead ECG, giving professionals and
patients direct access to reliable ECG data
to be shared for analysis
Uses
- Extra signal for GPs on house visits
- Direct use by patients (esp. youth)
- Crowdsourcing ECG data

21. “We are in between
the born and the made”
Jason Silva

22. 23andme
DIY genomics testing kit, health risks, drug
response, inherited conditions and traits

23. 23andme
DIY genomics testing kit, health risks, drug
response, inherited conditions and traits
Uses
- Select treatments based on genetic profile
- Company health/fitness program selection
- Profile matching online services

24. Talking20
DIY blood test at home. Cholesterol,
Estradiol, Progesterone, Testosterone,
Homocysteine, CRP, HgA1c, Cortisol...

25. uBiome
Microbiome sequencing (bacteria).
Correlated to depression, IBD, Crohn’s
disease, heart disease

26. “My sign is vital
my hands are cold”
The Killers

27. JosefM. Antó, Jordi Sunyer, Asthma Collaborative Group Of Barcelona, A POINT-SOURCE ASTHMA OUTBREAK,
The Lancet, Volume 327, Issue 8486, 19 April 1986, Pages 900-903, ISSN 0140-6736

28. Asthmapolis
Wireless tracker for asthma inhaler use
providing aggregated location/time date

29. Asthmapolis
Wireless tracker for asthma inhaler use
providing aggregated location/time date
Uses
- Patient awareness (tracking)
- Object doctor-patient feedback
- Analysis on population level

30. “Will your system
be alright?”
The Killers

31. Scanadu Scout, Flo, Flu
Medical tricoder device (multiple vital
signs: HR, temperature, SpO2, respiratory
rate, blood pressure, ECG, stress)

32. Scanadu Scout, Flo, Flu
Medical tricoder device (multiple vital
signs: HR, temperature, SpO2, respiratory
rate, blood pressure, ECG, stress)
Uses
- Direct advice based on vital signs
- Regular health check up everywhere
- Direct emergency response

33. “We use our tools to
extend the boundaries of
who we are”
Jason Silva

34. Vitalconnect patch
3 days continuous monitoring of HR, HRV,
activity and respiration rate (resulting in a
stress indicator)
ECG
Heart
Rate
Heart
Rate
Variability
Respiratory
Rate
Skin
Temperature
Steps
Posture
Fall
Detec:on
Sleep
Dura:on
/
Bed
Exit
Sleep
Staging
Obstruc:ve
Sleep
Apnea
Pre-­‐screen
Contextual
Heart
Rate
Ac:vity
Stress
Monitor
Energy
Expenditure

35. Vitalconnect patch
3 days continuous monitoring of HR, HRV,
activity and respiration rate (resulting in a
stress indicator)
Uses
- Using people as the sensor
- Focused training sessions
- Stress awareness (based on location)

37. Emerging business models
Continuous
versus
event-based
Single metric
versus
combined metrics
Personal data
versus aggregated data
Health here
versus
in the doctor’s office
Coaching
versus
diagnosing

38. “Or are we dancer?”
The Killers

39. Panopticon for good
Can we leverage all these tracking abilities,
data and connected media to leverage this
for the good rather than bad?

40. EmergenceTrip 2013
October 5-13, 2013
More info? emergencetrip.com
@vangeest / @mcschuurman / @mdbraber

41. Maarten den Braber
Digital Health Strategist
Co-founder QS Europe / Amsterdam
Co-founder Nexthealth
@mdbraber
http://mdbraber.com
m@mdbraber.com
+31 6 13897073