Biology and media continue to morph at various points — some scary (like the guy with his house key implanted in his hand) some useful. The TechCrunch50 today featured a company today that I think falls on the useful side. It’s called Me-trics, which was explained as Google analytics for you.
Me-trics measures personal data, such as blood pressure and weight against factors such as stress (and even tweets!). It’s currently in beta so I don’t have a whole lot of information about it, but it’s one to watch.

(The TechCrunch50 panel suggested the company look for ways to integrate into medical hardware and tracking, which makes sense.)

In addition to medical uses, I’d suggest there are social uses as well. For example, I’d love to know when my husband is stressed out, or my mother’s cholesterol is high. Some might say that’s too big brother-ish but clearly it would be information we would allow others to see, and with clear limits. How would relationships change if we had this information? Or would it cause more harm than good?

Whatever side you stand on, it’s certainly a fascinating use of data.