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Making of Aprilzero

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Re: Making of Aprilzero

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Post by radicality »

skizm wrote: post #11

Wow, what do you do for a living that you can travel so much?

He also travels business/first and stays in 5* hotels (clicked something on the Explore tab). My guess is some kind of previous startup that sold well? Maybe his roommate can fill us in.

Re: Making of Aprilzero

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Post by smilefreak »

This is seriously an awesome and well executed concept.

I am working in genetics lab that studies complex disease. Many of these diseases have many environmental component and there is much interest in investigating these so-called gene-environment interactions.

Currently to investigate interactions between genes and the environment, we rely on patients to fill in questionnaires, which are problematic because people are inaccurate. Other more specific measurements are gathered with nurses taking blood, serum etc.

I wonder whether this could be deployed in anyway in medical research, using the smartphones currently on the market.

Re: Making of Aprilzero

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Post by debt »

smilefreak wrote: post #42

This is seriously an awesome and well executed concept. I am working in genetics lab that studies complex disease. Many of these diseases have many environmental component and there is much interest in investigating these so-called gene-environment interactions. Currently to investigate interactions between genes and the environment, we rely on patients to fill in questionnaires, which are problematic because people…

This definitely would provide a visual hierarchy to view all the potential interactions, though I think your problem might be more hardware-related.

I assume if you combined as many of these apps(Moves, Cardiio, Foursquare, etc.) into a single app(including peripherals like the USB ultrasound, which seems impossible right now) you could get close to a pretty accurate picture of a person's total gene interactions throughout the day. Also, the app would have to be running continuously in the background.

Re: Making of Aprilzero

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Post by cheapsteak »

PStamatiou wrote: post #21
elitrium wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Judging from the screenshot, I believe it's made by BodyMetrix: http://www.amazon.com/BodyMetrix-Personal-Ultrasound-Body-Co...

Yes that's the one he has (I'm his roommate)

Oh hey I referenced your guide on Jekyll when I was setting up my own blog last year. ( thanks :) )

I'm kind of surprised that both of you are living in a roommate situation. How did you guys know each other?

Re: Making of Aprilzero

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Post by vxNsr »

nacs wrote: post #2

Previous discussion of AprilZero (the site, not the making of): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8024073

You can actually track him hour to hour... kinda crazy that he's providing that, the site design is a little different than described I found myself clicking on things that weren't links and being sent places I didn't want to go because I'd click something that looked clickable but turned out not to be and clicking on unclickable things sends you back one step.

Re: Making of Aprilzero

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Post by hexleo »

Amazing, the blog's owner is a designer? Full of modern sense. It's a good idea, combine many health apps and LBS apps data, display to user. It's done automatically?
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