Wellness and technology, the quantified self movement

This thread is about measuring things, getting actionable information out of those measurements, using technology to enhance ourselves, and basically how can the plummeting cost of technology be used to improve (by whatever definition) the quantity or quality of our activity and life.

So I think traditionally it was the expense of storage and then subsequent access to this data which made comparisons / utilisation of all this data so difficult.
Developments in cloud computing and the sheets number of devices able to monitor our lives have certainly changed that.

Microsoft is currently marketing the advances in "big data" have a look at their you tube page..

Otherwise one I the most interesting things I remember hearing recently is (I will find source) the desire to improve voice recognition on phones to allow the illiterate to access smart phones.. A massive "offline" market...