EdiPulse

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BACKGROUND Self-monitoring tools like Fitbits and heart rate monitors bring awareness to exercise, but this ¿number crunching¿ activity can also make exercise feel like work (Hassenzahl et al. 2016; Etkin 2016). This lack of engagement is evident from multiple reports (Lazar et al. 2015; Lupton 2016) that indicate abandonment of self-monitoring devices within six months of use. For such users, quantified data may offer very little value over time and we need better, richer ways to represent this data CONTRIBUTION EdiPulse is the world¿s first system that translates less engaging self-monitored data from a physical activity into delightful 3D printed chocolate treats. We provide insights into the practicalities and potential value of consuming moderate amount of dark chocolate, personalised to individual¿s fitness activities and provoke new design thinking towards looking at the relationship between exercise and chocolate. SIGNIFICANCE Drawing on our earlier work, TastyBeats (Khot et al. 2015), EdiPulse shows how an artistic and culinary rendering of the data in chocolate that affords a multi-sensory experience of touch, taste and smell inspire new ways of engaging with self-monitored data. By discussing the relationship between food printing and self-monitoring technologies, this work also provokes thinking towards whether and how food should be represented based on one¿s physical activity, where the focus is on facilitating Reflection, Positivity, Determination, Affection, and Co-experience. To this end, we also contribute to the growing field of personalised food. This work was exhibited in international venues and has appeared in the media, including a cover story on Mashable Australia, Herald Sun, Sydney Morning Herald, IEEE Spectrum and over 50 other blogs that reach wide audience. The first author has also been interviewed on ABC News 24, Channel 9 News and 10 Australian radio channels.