![]() Introduced today, the Nike FuelBand is a device designed to make self-tracking even more simple and engaging. Because, as CEO Mark Parker neatly sums up, “If you have a body, you’re an athlete.” Nike, a significant proponent of this movement since launching the original Nike+ in 2006 as an iPod nano add-on, aims to inspire people to be more active. Psychology has shown that in general, people are motivated by having data-it’s just how you collect, view and use that information that makes all the difference. Thanks to technology at large, anyone can easily track every aspect of their existence to create a personalized numerical evaluation-a quantified self. Data analysis is no longer just a practice for economists or statistics-hungry infographic designers.
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