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Reader Submitted: ‘Less Quantified Self, More Qualified You’ Translates Emotions Into Physical Form

“Self-tracking” or “Quantified-self” means the self-determined collection of body data. It involves the automatic and mostly chronological recording of biological, physical, mental and behavioral data. “Less Quantified Self – More Qualified You” is based upon the hypothesis that human body perception and intuition are likely to be influenced by the present form of self-tracking. This trend is highly characterized by quantification, the communication of body data via numbers, lists and diagrams and a gapless documentation. As an interface designer I try to find ways to challenge this development. Numbers are objective. Human perception is subjective and cannot be reduced to a common denominator. I would like to introduce two innovative and unique self-tracking devices. Both communicate body data in a purely haptic and visual way by using physical surface transformations. This reproduction of data corresponds with the human body perception and delivers adequate space for our innate intuition.