by Research Team | Oct 20, 2017 | Research Publications
Author: Katherine Chen Mary Zdorova Dan Nathan-Roberts Ph.D. Abstract: Self-quantifying fitness tracking services and wearable devices have become more ubiquitous but still suffer from high abandonment rates. Wearable devices can monitor the physiological changes of...
by Research Team | Oct 12, 2017 | Research Publications
Author: Stojanov, Martin Edenius, Mats Abstract: Data produced by sensor-equipped artefacts is often associated with techno-utopian visions of a smooth path from data to insight. We examine how sensors are put into use in practice, through a case study on a...
by Research Team | Oct 10, 2017 | Research Publications
Author(s): Moore, Phoebe Abstract: We have, in the 21st century, moved into a new series of fascinations with biosensing, where our autonomic systems or an autonomic ‘self’, largely out of bounds for our own knowledge and understanding before now, are available....
by Research Team | Oct 4, 2017 | Research Publications
Author(s): Phoebe Moore, Lukasz Piwek Ian Roper Abstract: While self-and other tracking devices are increasingly common in workplaces, they are normally implemented either for explicit productivity and efficiency monitoring (warehouses) or as part of wellness...
by Research Team | Oct 4, 2017 | Research Publications
Author: Ruffino, Paolo Abstract: This chapter looks at the notion of engagement and its interpretation in the development and marketing of self-tracking wearable devices and in the literature on the Quantified Self and gamification. It concludes that the vision...