{"id":19325,"date":"2013-10-07T07:15:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=19325"},"modified":"2016-07-14T16:10:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:10:40","slug":"health-technology-biohacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/tech\/health-technology-biohacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Hack Your Health: 6 Biohacks That Might Surprise You"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What does Steve Jobs have to do with health and fitness?<\/p>\n

Besides his commitment to jogging and eating a whole lot of fruit, the late great Apple CEO did more than just create the iPod shuffle that gets us moving. He predicted a wellness revolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and technology,\u201d Jobs predicted. \u201cA new era is beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Know Thyself<\/h3>\n

Quantified-selfers, or individuals using new technologies to \u201chack\u201d their health, know exactly what Jobs was referring to. From weigh-ins and workouts, to REM cycles and steps climbed, almost every move these individuals make is tracked in order to mine their own personal data.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n

According to Gary Wolf<\/a>, co-founder of the Quantified Self Movement, numbering the nuances of day-to-day existence allows for tests, comparisons and experiments. Many of the most popular biohacks rely on emerging technologies<\/a> (like the accelerometers used in Nike+ devices and the Fitbit) to gain valuable insights immediately, and over time. \u201cIf we want to act more effectively in the world,\u201d Wolf says, \u201cwe have to get to know ourselves better.\u201d<\/p>\n