April Zero v3 • Hacker News Board

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by ilurk » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 8:50 PM UTC

Do you still have the previous versions of the site?

I did like the places/travel pages.

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by wppick » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 9:06 PM UTC

I love the direction that this project is going in. I think a future where you can monitor your body in real time and use that data to make decision about what to eat, treat medical conditions in their very stages, maximize energy, etc. I think body chemistry is still a huge unknown area that I would love to see explored. Can you monitor the body and sense DNA damage and possibly be able to attribute it to something that you can change. Can you measure the levels of various chemicals in your body to find an imbalance? Fuck 140 characters, this is the direction the minds of our brightest people should be going in

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by sktrdie » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 9:16 PM UTC

What tech did you use for developing the interface? Any framework, library, architecture (thinking React/Flux/Angular) or was it done by scratch?

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by vikram360 » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 9:18 PM UTC

I vaguely remember seeing the homepage of a quantified self nerd that showed all his live stats - ecg, hydration, activity and stuff like that. I can't seem to find it though. It was absolutely beautiful. Then again, like the other arguments made here, I don't know what one can do

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by wdmeldon » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 9:22 PM UTC

vikram360 wrote: post #54

I vaguely remember seeing the homepage of a quantified self nerd that showed all his live stats - ecg, hydration, activity and stuff like that. I can't seem to find it though. It was absolutely beautiful. Then again, like the other arguments made here, I don't know what one can do

I'm pretty sure it was this. April Zero has hit the front page of HN before.

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by Jonovono » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 9:22 PM UTC

zbraniecki wrote: post #27

artursapek wrote: post #15

This is the most San Francisco thing I've ever seen

As a Pole living in San Francisco I don't even know if I should be proud or ashamed, but you're totally right :)

Why ashamed?

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by pookieinc » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 9:35 PM UTC

Really beautiful work, I'd love to see a technical write-up on how this was achieved and would definitely follow something like that.

I'm interested in joining this, however I don't have such a wrist device. Which tracker would be best for receiving the most accurate data? Is there a recommended tracker (Fitbit vs. Jawbone vs. etc.) that provides more data, so this app can track more things for the user?

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by pookieinc » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 9:35 PM UTC

Really beautiful work, I'd love to see a technical write-up on how this was achieved and would definitely follow something like that.

I'm interested in joining this, however I don't have such a wrist device. Which tracker would be best for receiving the most accurate data? Is there a recommended tracker (Fitbit vs. Jawbone vs. etc.) that provides more data, so this app can track more things for the user?

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by aprilzero » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 9:38 PM UTC

pookieinc wrote: post #57

Really beautiful work, I'd love to see a technical write-up on how this was achieved and would definitely follow something like that. I'm interested in joining this, however I don't have such a wrist device. Which tracker would be best for receiving the most accurate data? Is there a recommended tracker (Fitbit vs. Jawbone vs. etc.) that provides more data, so this app can track more things for the user?

iPhones for the past few years have actually been tracking steps and other data in the background & storing it in Healthkit. You won't be able to get heart rate, but a lot of our views can be powered with just software.

Our new healthkit app (gyrosco.pe/app, currently in beta) loads steps from the iPhone, and we also integrate with other apps like Moves which also run on the phone.

The idea is you can get started within just a few minutes and not need to buy anything. We can also backfill the last year of data so you don't start with an empty site. Then you can start to add hardware to get more data you care about, like a wifi scale or heart rate monitor.

There are many other apps that also write to healthkit, like sleep tracking apps Sleep++ / Sleep Cycle, which will then show up.

Re: April Zero v3

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Post by Kiro » Thu, Dec 10, 2015, 9:47 PM UTC

hunvreus wrote: post #6

Looks sharp, definitely a lot of great work on design. I just can't seem to see the value in it; what actionable or information do you get out of this? I've tracked my movements with OpenPaths [1] in the past and had fun building a couple data visualizations out of it (I love the fact that others can request access to anonymized data collected by OpenPaths). I just have no anecdotal or empirical evidence of users put…

Why does it need to be actionable? Are metrics and stats in games actionable? No, but they are interesting nevertheless.