bodytrack qs presentation, may 29, 2011

BodyTrack

BodyTrackCREATE Lab

Carnegie Mellon University

BodyTrack

InspirationSee lives transformed through

environmental exposure modification strategies. What can we learn from them to help others?

• Examples: Allergies, food sensitivities, asthma, etc.

• Does not fit well within standard diagnostic model

• Culture of possibility: quality of life potentially improved if triggers better understood

• Discovery process = citizen science

• Desire better tools to capture observations, help with burden of memory

BodyTrack

BodyTrack• Build open source tools to empower

the individual• Measure and record

• Visualize data online

• Explore, discover potential relationships, and check hypotheses

• Support growth of community of practice

• Supply practitioners with a hopeful alternative to dead-end referrals

BodyTrack

Capture and make visible factors affecting/reflecting wellness status over time

Inputs• Air quality

• Ambient environment: weather, temperature, pressure, humidity, light, etc.

• Symptom severity

• Coughing

Outputs

Both• Sleep quality

• Activity levels, exercise

• Food, medication, supplement ingestion

• Mood

• Physiological stress response

• Social interactions

• Where you go

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BodyTrack chest strap:

EKG, respiration, accelerometry;

stress, cough/sneeze, snoring

Indoor air quality

BodyTrack Indoor Environmental

station:Temp, humidity, barometric,

sound levels, light levels;Sleep hygiene, air quality

(with external sensor), charger and data gateway for

chest strap

Sleep logging

Regional air quality:

Particulates, other pollutants, pollen, mold

Phone:Pictures, GPS location,

activity;food, events, self-reporting

Actigraphy:Activity and energy levels

Weight

BodyTrack

Explorable data viewer

BodyTrack

Explorable data viewer

BodyTrack

Explorable data viewer

BodyTrack

Image review and tagging

BodyTrack

We are looking for• Open-API data sources to integrate

• Developers (hiring now!)

• People who have gone through environmental sensitivity discovery process to interview

• Health, environmental, and dietary researchers and practitioners

• Users (soon!)

Contact: Anne Wright arwright@cmu.edu