26 Aug 2015
By Belle
Automatic food tracking, running insights, and more: Quantified Self weekly links
Products
This fridge-friendly plate (as most of them are) can apparently track what you’re eating automatically. It’s available for pre-order right now. It says it’s backed by science, so it must be legit.
- WayRay Element: a wearable for your car
- Chestnut: smartwatch dock, Kickstarter, not funded yet
- Misfit teams up with Speedo on a fitness tracker for swimmers
Software
PUMATRAC, iOS, Android
PUMATRAC is a basic running app that tracks your distance, pace, and time while running. It has one really interesting feature, though: insights. The app takes note of the weather, what day of the week you run, and what music you listen to so it can show you insights like the ones in the screenshot above.
News and articles
Apple’s Fitness Guru Opens Up About the Watch
In Jay Blahnik’s first extended interview since Apple hired him to help launch the Watch, the company’s director of fitness for health technologies insists activity tracking is overemphasized, elite athletes have a sitting problem, and the real breakthrough apps for the device will probably be created outside of Cupertino.
- The next wave of fitness wearables will send data directly to doctors
- Heart patient: Apple Watch got me in and out of hospital fast
Image credits: SmartPlate, best mobile app awards, Outside
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