Who invented quantified self?

Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelley, editors at Wired Magazine, are generally credited with coining the term “quantified self” when they began a project to track all the new tracking technologies. They created a company, called Quantified Self Labs, which aims to serve the users and makers of tracking tools.

What quantified Selfer?

The quantified self refers both to the cultural phenomenon of self-tracking with technology and to a community of users and makers of self-tracking tools who share an interest in “self-knowledge through numbers”.

How many people use self-tracking apps?

If you look at current census estimates and the Pew data then we see that almost 35 million3 US adults are using technology to self-track. Of those, 8\% use a medical device, like a glucose meter and 7\% use an app or other tool on their mobile phone or device. Combined that comes to 5 million adults.

When did the quantified self movement start?

2007
The Quantified Self movement was founded by Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly in 2007. From the start it has been a movement that aims to explore ‘what new tools of self-tracking are good for’ and ‘to create an environment where this question can be explored on a human level’.

Who is most likely to use fitness apps?

Among all age groups worldwide, those aged 30 to 39 years had the highest percentage of fitness mobile app users. It was estimated that in 2016, around 41 percent of those aged 30 to 39 years used fitness tracking apps to track their health.

Who uses wellness apps?

U.S. adults were asked if they could imagine themselves using an app to track and monitor their fitness and exercise. According to the survey, 29 percent of those aged 18 to 29 years utilize a fitness app regularly, compared to only 12 percent of those aged 61 years and older.

How does quantifying goals help us answer?

Quantifying goals help us to provide detailed and exact ways to track progress against goals. This makes it easy to benchmark performance throughout the goal period, including areas to improve.

What is another word for quantified?

What is another word for quantify?

What is the meaning of self-tracking?

The practice of systematically recording information about one’s diet, health, or activities, typically by means of a smartphone, so as to discover behavioural patterns that may be adjusted to help improve one’s physical or mental well-being. ‘self-tracking may provide a glimpse of the future of healthcare’