On Saturday I stopped by the Apple store and picked up an UP device by Jawbone. The UP is a wristband and iPhone app that will track your fitness and sleep activity and help encourage you to live a more active life style. As with most of my Quantified Self gadets (Fitbit, Zeo, Withings, Neurosky, etc.) my first reaction was to “free my data”. Similar to my initial journey with the Fitbit, I was inspired to find an “unofficial” way to get access to the data.
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What makes life meaningful? The basic ability to even ask this question… an inquisitive mind, and the honesty to realize that with each question comes another question.
Quality life = Quality questions (not answers)
I just caught an interesting post on Mind Update (a side blog for the Transparent Corporation) titled:
Brain Rhythms and Consciousness, and how Alpha may play a new role
The article discusses how certain brainwave frequencies, …
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