27 Jan 2015
By Belle
Belle

Cheap fitness trackers, poo graphs, and more: Quantified Self weekly links

Products

Movo Wave’s colorful fitness tracker aims at budget buyers, costs just $30

Move Wave tracker

Probably the cheapest fitness tracker you'll find. It doesn't have any sleep tracking or extensive exercise-tracking features, but it is water resistant and the battery life reportedly lasts up to two weeks.

  • Khushi Baby: wearable baby necklace to track vaccinations
  • WÜF: smart dog collar
    Kickstarter, funded
  • Miiya: fitness tracker for kids
    Indiegogo, not funded yet

Software

QualityTime app

If you struggle to put down your phone and you're an Android user, QualityTime can help you get on top of those bad habits. Or, at least, be more aware of them. QualityTime tracks your app usage, showing you an overall total and a timeline breakdown of what apps you've been using, for how long.

  • Drops: 5-minute foreign language lessons
    iOS
  • InboxPro: insights into your email habits
    Web
  • Bettir: insights into your blood pressure
    Web
  • Pushh: log weight-loss using selfies
    iOS

News and articles

A year of poop

poo graph

Excellent graphs of Reddit user captainmercedes' pooing habits from 2014. I think this comment sums up what a great post it is:

I just got reddit gold for visualising poop... Today was a good day.

Image credits: Technology Personalized, Social Media Examiner, Plottingman

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