Comments on: Will you track your health data with apps or a device? http://gigaom.com/2011/12/26/will-you-track-your-health-data-with-an-app-or-a-device/ Sat, 25 May 2013 10:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: healthslick http://gigaom.com/2011/12/26/will-you-track-your-health-data-with-an-app-or-a-device/#comment-810975 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:41:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=446868#comment-810975 If you’re overwhelmed with all the health application and health gadget options out there, make sure to check out http://www.healthslick.com. There you can search for health apps, health gadgets, and publications about their effectiveness!

]]> By: Brian Ross http://gigaom.com/2011/12/26/will-you-track-your-health-data-with-an-app-or-a-device/#comment-791846 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:18:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=446868#comment-791846 The limits of accelerometer-only data is exactly why MyBasis.com is developing a watch with a heart rate sensor and galvanic skin response sensors in conjunction with an accelerometer.

]]> By: Ellen http://gigaom.com/2011/12/26/will-you-track-your-health-data-with-an-app-or-a-device/#comment-789053 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:05:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=446868#comment-789053 Many health tracking apps are fun to do, although I doubt whether they really help to lose weight: http://foodintakecontrol.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-top-3-of-free-apps-that-support-you.html

]]> By: Robert http://gigaom.com/2011/12/26/will-you-track-your-health-data-with-an-app-or-a-device/#comment-785222 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:45:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=446868#comment-785222 We really need more than just accelerometer health data. The sensors do exist, and it would be possible to at least capture blood glucose, blood oxygen, galvanic skin response, and other direct read through the skin values that could actually provide some real data to correlate with health. Perhaps when someone makes a real “FitBit” then we’ll be able to track more than just if we couldn’t sleep or got our daily exercise in.

]]> By: Entrepreneur http://gigaom.com/2011/12/26/will-you-track-your-health-data-with-an-app-or-a-device/#comment-784132 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:07:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=446868#comment-784132 I’m starting a business adjacent to this space. I think that apps will whet appetites for a short time, but the limited depth of data and high-touch nature will make them more of a novelty than anything.

More devices will be necessary, or at least more sensors. Accelerometers won’t cut it for long…

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