Apps and wearable devices promise greater participation and empowerment in health care. But what are we risking when we take part in this new era of participatory health?
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Apple can learn a lot from Google Glass and other augmented reality glasses.
The ideal fitness regime is not just a matter of time.
Forget high-end design and cutting-edge communication. The new Watch is a fitness device and heralds a shift for the company – from enabling self-expression to nudging users toward self-mastery.
Fitbit and other wearable technology are good for keeping track of your personal fitness. But should they be used by school children?
There are plenty of devices to help monitor your sleep, but are they any good?
Companies are excellent at offering apps and services in exchange for users’ data. This approach can also be a big boost to scholarly research.
The UK government’s move to electronically track criminals on parole shows how wearable technology can become a virtual prison.
It might sound strange but the world of animal-computer interaction could improve their welfare and help us understand them better.
Imagining possible futures can help us plan a secure information technology environment for the years to come.
Wearable technology could help us manage our own health but separate us from our doctors as they drown in data.
New tests and drugs have always impacted health care. But completely different kinds of emerging technologies will soon radically alter how health care is both accessed and delivered.
Who says scientists aren’t artistic? A team of researchers have done some amazing kirigami work, an ancient Japanese paper art, using graphene.
As wearables record more personal and physical activity data about us, we risk giving away more than we’d imagine.
If the money is in the cloud, it makes sense to take as many users there as possible.
How many gadgets can we handle before what is supposed to ease and simplify becomes a burden?
I think I have successfully talked my partner out of getting an Apple Watch. I generally do not interfere with his purchase decisions, but the description of the Apple Watch’s features, or those of any…
Our internet use is tracked by cookies and clicks, but smartwatches will listen to our body to sense how we feel.
Apple sets out its stall for a Watch for every wrist and health monitoring for every wearer.
We can already track plenty of body data, but to really make a difference, wearables need to consistently collect clinically valuable information that can be used to improve health.
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Professor of Sociology (retired), Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Design Interactions, Lancaster University
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London
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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
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Associate Professor of Research, Embodied Design and Wearable Futures, University of Southern Denmark
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Associate Professor of Health and Sport Science, University of Dayton
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