Author: ericblue

Neurosky Brainwave Visualizer

Reading Time: 3 minutes I recently purchased a Neurosky Windwave EEG device ($100 model).  The Mindwave measures your brain’s electrical activity, and can detect your level of focus (attention vs. mediation) and measure typical brainwave patterns (beta, alpha, theta, and delta).  There are a number games included, and a wide range of ones to download from their appstore.  I…
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Weekly Lifestream for July 10th

Reading Time: 5 minutes Wondering if it would be possible to integrate their ANT-based iPhone sensor from http://t.co/G9HES9k with Fitbit? @openyouorg [ericblue] … Would be nifty to upload FitBit data in real-time on the go … [ericblue] Posted Weekly Lifestream for July 3rd. Top 6 Biohacks (The Upgraded Self) http://t.co/S7bdHgE #video #quantifiedself [ericblue] RT @PBS: RT @PBSNature: If it…
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Automatically sync & import Garmin TCX data

Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the last few weeks, I’ve been gradually increasing the supported devices for TRAQS.me.  As of today, I’ve successfully integrated FitBit, Withings, GPS data (GPX files), MyZeo, and now Garmin Heartrate monitors (TCX files). Devices like FitBit make syncing and importing data relatively fast.  As soon as the device syncs with the ANT-based station, data…
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Weekly Lifestream for July 3rd

Reading Time: 3 minutes Have a nice SQL query to tell me my average and max calories burned by hour/time of day. Will send SMS reminders to get myself moving. #qs [ericblue] Posted Weekly Lifestream for June 26th. Posted TRAQS.me – Tools for Reporting & Analysis of the Quantified Self. New blog post – TRAQS.me http://t.co/elEmNir [ericblue] Shared ActiGraph…
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TRAQS.me – Tools for Reporting & Analysis of the Quantified Self

Reading Time: 2 minutes A month ago around this time I was anxiously awaiting the first annual Quantified Self conference in Mountain View, CA. This was a fantastic conference on many levels and, although a little late, deserves a future post detailing the great sessions, people, and companies who were there.  I didn’t have an official speaking session, but…
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Weekly Lifestream for June 26th

Reading Time: 4 minutes RT @TRAQSme: Added some demo pages (login, dashboard, reports & maps) at http://t.co/eVUHGEw [ericblue] Posted Weekly Lifestream for June 19th. RT @jxa: QuantifiedSelf slides by @harscoat – I like the entrainment & opensource slides best! http://ow.ly/5maqJ cc: @ericblue #QS2011 [ericblue] RT @jplattel: Somebody modified his Roomba to twitter his activities… Awesome! http://bit.ly/jYtDA0 #internetofthings [ericblue] Shared…
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Weekly Lifestream for June 19th

Reading Time: 3 minutes Shared 45 New jQuery Techniques For Good User Experience – Smashing Magazine. 7 days straight in the office… need a vacation again [ericblue] Posted Weekly Lifestream for June 12th. Looking for Java or Perl open source libs to generate Google map heatmaps for lat/long data… finding nothing [ericblue] Shared Tram Hunter :: Heat Map. Shared…
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Weekly Lifestream for June 12th

Reading Time: 3 minutes Posted Weekly Lifestream for June 5th. RT @radar: Google Correlate: Your data, Google’s computing power. @vanessafox pops the hood on this new tool http://oreil.ly/klnXA3 [ericblue] Shared Top 10 Git Tutorials for Beginners. “The Daily Rind”, a Better Way to Plan the Day http://b.aking.ca/post/5787137408/the-daily-rind [ericblue] Shared Paths to $5M for a startup founder – Gabriel Weinberg’s…
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Weekly Lifestream for June 5th

Reading Time: 3 minutes Happy to see reference to Bush & the Memex at #QS2011 – inspired my own system http://j.mp/l1v9Py [ericblue] Very cool & extreme quantifying… Ranking it up there with Gordon Bell #QS2011 [ericblue] Shared arduino.js: JavaScript-to-Arduino I/O control interface. Shared MyMedLab.com – Online Lab Tests Made Simple! – Lab Tests Online. Shared SpectraCell Laboratories. RT @EthanZ:…
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Weekly Lifestream for May 29th

Reading Time: 5 minutes Posted Weekly Lifestream for May 22nd. I’m attending The Quantified Self Conference 2011, 28th-29th May 2011 in Mountain View http://t.co/8Wutwj8 via @lanyrd [ericblue] I now have basic geolocation reporting and mapping in my self-tracking tool… it’s starting to shape up nicely [ericblue] RT @roygrubb: A free download, and a must for visual communicators: Guide to…
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