CIC-IT
  1. Catégories BCT
  2. Tracking & Monitoring
  3. self monitoring

Item : Automatic input

Mainly used for physical activity and nutrition, tracking uses:
1. GPS to track course, distance and duration of the run
2. smartphone accelerometer to automatically calculate the number of steps
3. the barcode reader to automatically get nutritional informations on food

Exemple(s) :

saisie automatique Runtastic Pacer Calorie Counter

Pros

Automatic recording of datas.
Fast.
Large amount of exploitable datas.

Cons

Depends on the smartphone accuracy
The user has to remember turning on his GPS before an activity.
Food must be referenced in the database.