Imagined Sociable Objects

1. Imagining Sociable Objects “Credit Check Your Calories” Ways of tracking Health Related Issues via Credit Card Transactions

2. Keeping Count

3. Breaking Down the Numbers

4. What a Credit Card Can Tell Now Date/Time Itemized Purchase Order Transactions details and data compiled into a personal database Allows for itemization and parsing of complete monthly/ yearly data into relevant groupings

5. What a Restaurant Can Tell Now Date/ Time Items Purchased Nutritional information of all items BUT The nutritional information is not collected/ compiled at time of purchase. If you want to keep track, you must manually record it.

6. Connecting the Count Imagine: a credit card is swiped at restaurant – nutritional information about the purchase is recorded into a database.

8. Imagine the Possibilities Warnings: MAY CONTAIN…. When you swipe credit card at restaurant, a warning is given to indicate products that contain potential allergens

9. Possibilities Continue Warning: EXCEEDED DAILY ALLOWANCE Doctor could recommend limits to be placed on credit card for particular data warnings. Diabetes – warning for high sugar content Obesity – Percent of daily calorie recommended, fat content High Blood Pressure – sodium and cholesterol warnings Heart Disease, Cancer, Osteoporosis – any health issue can be addressed more specifically by data tracking.

10. Interconnectivity! Your choice Your credit card Their restaurant nutritional database Your personal physician’s database A world of possibilities for health reform