Gary Wolf: The quantified self

http://www.ted.com At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending -- just about everything in daily life you can measure -- in gloriously geeky detail.

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[Kyle Sanders]

all this amazing technology and yet, he still choses to use a microphone headset from 1972

[nhojflow]

I thought this was ok. Don't see what all the fuss is about...

[walk2run2fly]

"The Quantified Self"....? Over here we call it asperger syndrome.

[samala51]

great vid

[Junia Anacleto]

wow! impressive how well suceeded this headset technology is. :)

[mochabun]

he is the lead singer in 'Threehorthes'!!!

[ngeliatduit]

Cool Video!!! ^__^

[Julia Cotic]

Hi. I saw your cool video.

[xjustamem0ryx]

I worry for quality getting lost in the translation to quantity ;(

[aphyd2]

This is the first presentation TED has done in another language. I think the guy was speaking in "Lisp".