Screw meditation. Established here in San Francisco, the Quantified Self Movement has been tapping technology to pave its path to self-awareness.
The group of “selfers,” created by Wired founder Kevin Kelly, has members worldwide who use apps and gadgets to track pretty much everything about themselves, including mood, exercise, weight, meditation, life expectancy, sleep patterns — the list goes on. The movement turns practitioners into scientists and artists, who can easily log data on their smart phones and share their findings with one another at meet-ups.
Here's a good example:
