Gadgetory

ha ha ha finally fitness where of it now we've talked about these before but there's something new brewing out there a trend you can either call more intimate or more invasive first some perspective on this market new research from IDC suggests about 19 million wearables are going to ship in 2014 those are tiny numbers compared to smartphone shipments small even compared to tablets but 3x what went out the door in 2013 and on track to be doing 120 million units a year by 2018 now you might think something like the foot logger is just a fitness device and it can do that as a smart in Seoul but it goes beyond that they say can also be used to coach a runner to run differently to land differently to ease joint pain how about detecting a fall in the elderly they say it's excellently aimed doing that or even going so far as detecting early onset of Parkinson's disease which is also typify by some subtle changes in a person's gate the towel well she'll it's an oddly shaped looking fitness monitor because it does more than just that it's also sort of a pocket gym that you can exercise on doing isometric muscle tension exercises so we can tell you your fitness level suggest exercises that will improve it and then reflect those back to you as you make progress then there's the Google contact lens which can measure blood glucose levels but not by blood contact by eye contact and that solution around your eye it would then send that information to your smartphone which could be running a real-time meal planner app so you keep your blood sugar exactly where it should be all day if you're in a high range it might immediately notify you and medical providers if you're in crisis range it might go straight to your emergency contacts or even notify EMTs Google promises whether a data comes off this product should it come to market would not be aggregated with all the other stuff they have on you let's hope so I watch this category with great interest because it could move Fitness wearables from an area that most of us just give lip service to which is everyday fitness we always tend to put it off and minimize it instead moving this technology to have a real seat at the health and medicine table and increasing its relevance and importance store a lot