ndef: { lock: false, // keeping it unlocked allows users to modify it to remove the android app link if needed // structure documentation: https://gitlab.com/gototags/public/-/tree/main/Desktop%20App... records: [ {type: 'WEBSITE', url: 'https://guavahealth.com/nfc/YOUR_ID'}, // create a random unique string ID per tag {type: 'AAR', packageName: 'com.guavahealth.app'} ] }

Fancy demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=018IItVGXvA

This started as my colleague Awadi hacking an NFC tag and sticking it to his water bottle and repeatedly showing us his cool blue checkmark animation. Then a couple more of us got involved and did a 5-day hackathon to make it work for all health log types in Guava, and got some stickers printed!

There's a lot of variety in the choice of NFC tag material, antenna, chip, etc., and we chose the more expensive sticker tags so they'd be waterproof and work on metal. For certain use cases you could use tags that are much cheaper and look different though. One thing you can do is create a huge board on your wall with all the 20-100 (???) things you log for biohacking or whatever, and use a unique NFC tag to log each one. We wrote the software to allow configuring custom types, so it's fairly unlimited.

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Our company was acquired by Amazon in 2017 to help power Alexa's general knowledge / informational answers, and that's pretty much what we did. I only stayed for 15 months after acquisition though.

Streak tracking seemed more of a vanity non-health-related aspect so we've left it out so far.

Computing statistical insights based on arbitrary pairings of lifestyle habits is a big feature for many people

Happy new year hacker news

Guava's mission is to empower people to understand and improve their health. We build a health web/app for consumers.

More at guavahealth.com/careers

This isn't totally a legal problem, it's also an adherence problem. I'd estimate about half of providers don't know what exactly they are required to do and at what cost. Our company helped patients request their own records and half the time we had to call and talk to the provider about the legal requirements and ask them to comply or reduce the price.

Even before October 6 and the Cures Act, HIPAA law already required very cheap access to your own medical records. It's something like a base maximum cost of $6.50 plus a per-page printing fee but ONLY if you request paper format. HIPAA law directly states that the format requested by the patient MUST be given if readily available. Digital format doesn't require printing.

I'm attempting to put a dent into increasing our timelines (longevity) with my current project, Guava. The other way to get more time is to experience more in the same time, and for this we need improved brains and interfaces. I'll be ambitious and put my effort into these things because it will allow me to do more if successful.

More decades, let's go!

We're building software and products to help people understand and improve their personal health. We have web, an app, and a physical Emergency Card for your wallet.

I'm co-founder and help build the software. Happy to chat: dylan@

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As highway-driving AI approaches perfection I'd expect:

- Acceleration/nausea approaches zero

- Number of lane changes approaches zero

- Distance between cars approaches zero (when necessary in crowded areas)

- Maximum speed approaches physical limit

It will be satisfying to watch these happen over time.

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