Gadgetory

it's time to document every minute of your life no really I mean every minute I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update thanks to our smart phones our culture is obsessed with documenting and sharing everything we do we track our location we track our steps and fitness but do you ever wish you could track more well if you want to make sure that you document every single aspect of your existence sony has the answer it's life log now this app pairs with the sony smartband bracelet to track activities but it also tracks the movies you watch the music you listen to even how long you're on Facebook and Twitter but that's not all how about wearing a camera on a necklace Sony's concept life log camera would hang around your neck capturing moments throughout the day and syncing with the app and if you touch the front of the camera it bookmarks a moment so you can remember it on your timeline now the camera doesn't have a release date yet but the life log app and smart BAM arrive next month the ban is expected to cost about 130 dollars but Sony is not the first to have a wearable camera that documents your life there's also the narrative clip it's a small weather protected camera shaped like a square that you clip on your collar and it shoots two photos every minute it stores about four thousand photos for two days until you recharge it and then you upload the photos to your computer it's two hundred and eighty dollars and it comes with one year of online storage and if you want to track man's best friend then check out the whistle it's a coin shaped wireless tracker that attaches to a dog's collar it tracks movements and location and it sends that data to the owners app now you can see if your dog is getting enough exercise or when they're sleeping it's like Fitbit for pets some veterinarians actually have been using whistle for studying chronic pain and dogs and how active they are so there's more to it than just being obsessive about tracking everything it works with Android and iOS and it costs one hundred and thirty dollars you'll be able to buy this at Petsmart sometimes these wearable trackers can have creative applications for example what if the Fitbit bracelet that you wear which can measure sleep could send a message to your Netflix account that you fell asleep on the couch and that it pauses the video that you're watching while some savvy engineers at Netflix built a program to do just this and the user can go back and continue watching from where the tracker noticed you fell asleep this feature isn't available now it was only done as a fun team building contest within Netflix but it shows you what's possible from these fitness bracelets beyond counting your steps that your tech news update you can get more details at cnet.com slash our Studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey