The insertable probes to detect and predict when to go to the bathroom should be quite popular too.
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Apple Considering 'Full Health and Fitness Services Platform' Modeled on the App Store
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The insertable probes to detect and predict when to go to the bathroom should be quite popular too.
I read on another site that it can cure cancer too.
That must have been here: https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/19/
The insertable probes to detect and predict when to go to the bathroom should be quite popular too.
Brings a whole new meaning to the concept of IP.
Even though an obvious Apple device that is begging for an app eco-system goes without.
apple doing this whole health thing seriously makes sense as a Jobs legacy. I read an article about all the time he spent in hospital complaining about the junky health equipment etc in his room. This would make sense as the next field he would have wanted to crack, given what he went through at the end there.
An interesting comment on The Loop: "It will be easier for Apple when it comes to light that “iWatch” isn’t a product but an OS/platform."
Coming from Jim Dalrymple, that seems to confirm the premise of this article.
Coming from Jim Dalrymple, that seems to confirm the premise of this article.
Technically speaking you might be correct. But only technically and clearly the essence of my argument escaped your reason.
Hahaha, there is plenty of evidence to support my position. The fact that such a proposition would be dismissed as "paranoia" discredits either your moral integrity, intellect or knowledge.
Data collection is fine but there should be an opt-out button and stiff legal penalties for ANY company covertly collecting and misusing data. This way people have rightful control over it. Strict boundaries should be placed around this now.
As the "internet of things" ie. "the internet of "bugs" " expands these types of issues will hopefully come more to the forefront and be addressed properly and "with the due consent of the governed." Any data collection device falls into this category...smartphones, smartwatches, smart-car devices, smart TVs etc.
As always, paranoia is its own reward, and survives on reasoning that doesn't require evidence of anything actually occurring, just the theory that something might, possibly, someday, happen, and leaps of logic between unrelated things. This is nothing new to me. In fact it is par for that particular course.
And watch the insults. They don't do anything positive for your argument.
Food for thought
There are a lot of issues surrounding this type of technology and since the industry seems to be focusing on the "internet of things" there are legitimate questions people should be asking, such as:
Do third parties have a right to this data? Should this personal data be protected or over time should all personal data be publicly available to concerned parties? Does your employer have a right to require you to wear a medical data device in order to receive medical health insurance? Should insurance companies (health and auto) have the right to force consumers to install data collection devices in order to provide highly detailed policy holder data to figure into premium calculations?
Data is very easily generated and very efficiently collected...and we know there are already systems in place to store this data for as long as necessary. Parsing this data will only become much easier as super/quantum-computers become more widely used. Better to address these issues now in order to avoid further infringement upon personal liberty.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429429/the-cia-and-jeff-bezos-bet-on-quantum-computing/
There are a lot of issues surrounding this type of technology and since the industry seems to be focusing on the "internet of things" there are legitimate questions people should be asking, such as:
Do third parties have a right to this data? Should this personal data be protected or over time should all personal data be publicly available to concerned parties? Does your employer have a right to require you to wear a medical data device in order to receive medical health insurance? Should insurance companies (health and auto) have the right to force consumers to install data collection devices in order to provide highly detailed policy holder data to figure into premium calculations?
Data is very easily generated and very efficiently collected...and we know there are already systems in place to store this data for as long as necessary. Parsing this data will only become much easier as super/quantum-computers become more widely used. Better to address these issues now in order to avoid further infringement upon personal liberty.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429429/the-cia-and-jeff-bezos-bet-on-quantum-computing/
There, fixed that for you.
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One certainly does not need a fitness band of any sort to start exercising or going to the gym. Using the lack of one as an excuse is nothing but that.