Introduction
The advancement of technology is no doubt one of the greatest organized inspired activities of humankind today. The world that we see round us, and the method society purposes today had strongly affected by the advancement of the technology. The device that I would like to research on had effectively changed the way how human life. It records all the activities of an individual over the days – the activity tracker.
An activity tracker is computer-assisted monitoring and graphing of health-linked metrics such as distance walked or ride, calorie consumption, and in some cases heartbeat and quality of snooze. During the early development of the products, activity trackers were embedded computers, such as that provided in the United States by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports as part of The President's Challenge; since the release of the first Fitbit activity tracker in year 2009, the term has initially denoted to electronic checking devices that are linked, in many cases via Bluetooth or wirelessly, to a computer or smartphone for long-period data recording and graphing, an example of wearable technologies.
Electronic activity trackers are upgraded versions of pedometers. In addition to counting steps or movements, they use accelerometers and altimeters to calculate distance, graph overall physical activity, measure calories expenditure, and in some cases also monitor and graph heart rate and quality of snooze. Some also include a silent alarm. The original Fitbit, released in 2009, was worn clipped at the waist; formats have now improved to include wristbands, necklaces, and smaller devices that can be wore wherever preferred. Apple and Nike together developed the Nike+iPod, a sensor-equipped sho...
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...ocations, communications, physical activities and photos taken and places them in a graphed format, in addition to coach and guide you with set goals.
From what little we've been told about the Lifelog camera function, it seems users would be able to pair it to a mobile phone and then set specific triggers for photo capture, like times of the days or activities. So say you want to record the moments of your daily exercises, this concept would handle that automatically and upload the shots to your personal page. It's the sort of the stuff quantified selfie-takers get all hot and bothered over - you know, those ardent life-bloggers. But just because Sony's showing off this Lifelog camera concept, that does not mean we'll ever see it become a commercial reality. Sony may just be testing the consumer choices or simply showing off its idea of the possible road in future.
Developers at Apple have combined the convenience of digital watches with cellphone technology to create a watch that user cannot not only keep time with but also makes phones calls, set calendar reminders, check the weather, and track their activity level.
My original idea was to make a mobile monitoring device that made inferences on a person’s physical behavior, and could give advice on how they could potential lead healthier and happier lives. At the start of my research I was interested in articles about mobile devices such as BeWell[1], which is a smartphone application to monitor and promote wellbeing. It kept track of people’s everyday social, physical, and mental behaviors and provided useful feedback to improve their lives.
Health monitoring allows you to discover and treat health problems early, before consequences. Many psychological disorders, cancers, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary diseases, and musculoskeletal disorders can be prevented by monitoring health and incorporating physical activity and exercise; for example: depression, breast cancer, obesity, cardiomyopathy, emphysema, and osteoarthritis. There are primary benefits that can be received from engaging in exercise or physical activity. One of the main benefits is reducing the risk of premature death: “it is been estimated that people who were physically active for approximately 7 hours a week have a 30 to 40% lower risk of dying early than those who are active less than 30 minutes per week” (Kohl & Murray 2012). It's clear that research has found the importance of avoiding inactivity and that even a little physical activity is better than none at all; due to dose response relation between poor health and the amount of physical activity.
Cell phones in hand, and laptops so small they fit in purses. Computers at our homes insure we can get on the internet and surf the web for answers for anything that may need to know. As the growth of technology has evolved the past twenty years we have become more dependent upon it for everyday things. From alarms, calendars, ‘googling’, counting our steps to make sure we stay healthy, connecting us to our friends and family; simple things that we often take for granted. Though our lives are often ruled by the various technology pieces out there to keep us ‘grounded during the day, some pieces of technology are not healthy for our bodies and minds.
Furthermore, Under Armour’s goal is to expand their wearable watches and bracelets into built-in sensors that go into the clothing they create. This product will allow consumers to be accessory free and still will be able to track their activity levels. This innovative idea will surely bring in consumers, and provide Under Armour with the push they need to directly compete
Although, Fitbit is an amazing company and creation you still need accessibility to an Iphone to use it, which I believe is the most important aspect of wearable technology today. Along with the Bluetooth headphones, Apple Watches, there are 1 million different uses for the Iphone from thousands and thousands of apps, to do all different sorts of tasks. Apple makes the other companies wince because of their ability to put everything in a big picture, then dissect these big pictures to know exactly what to use and how to go about it. For instance, although they were mainly a computer company. Their knowledge of the future of wearable technology was vast. They studied the 1969 walkman with cassette tapes, then discmans in 1984, following after was MP3 players in the early 1990’s, then came Ipods to destroy the competition out of MP3s. The biggest aspect of why this idea worked so well was the connectivity and accessibility to everything on one platform, Apple’s platforms were the not so secret weapon to control all of the wearable technology. Although, many companies are trying to knock Apple off of the totem pole, it’s safe to say they aren’t giving up power any time
The everyday health and fitness individual has the availability to track running, walking, sleeping, daily movement, and lets you set goals and challenge previous records. This group of individuals accounts for 128 million possible sales and are going to be in the best shape of their lives to take advantage of the fitness capabilities the Apple Watch has to offer. These active tech savvy students or business individuals can dress the watch up or down, and still keep track of fitness goals. The available apps for the Watch will help individuals keep notes, update events in personal calendars, check stocks, pay with Apple Pay, send and receive emails, and improve efficiency of tasks throughout the day while working out (Apple: The Watch Reimagined,
This apple watch phone for the iPhone lets you start, pause, resume and save a run without getting the phone out of the pocket making you to concentrate 100% on your race. It keeps a track of speed, time, distance and limit with a detailed map and shows the ultimate calories lost according to your weight. Not just that, it also shows the variation of speed in your saved race by colors – green for the fastest and red for the slowest. Split times feature allows tracking of the different sections of the exercises. All the summary is available in voice
keep track of what we eat, our workout schedules, our meal plans, our daily lives recorded
What is this world coming to? When most of us think of tracking devices they think of primarily negative issues. But that has all changed now. A tracking device the size of a tic tack that can be surgically implanted to provide a tamper proof means of identification, enhanced e-business security, locating lost or missing individuals, monitoring heart rate, vital signs, tracking of the elderly, the location of valuable property, and monitoring the medical conditions of at risk patients, all at the convenience of a button or a phone call (www.allnet). It is called the GPM or as we know it the Global Positioning Microchip. Today I will discuss the ideals of the implanted microchip and some of the technical, social, economic, ethical and practical implications of its technology. Furthermore exploring some of the benefits and dangers of such a device. Invented entirely for animals man has expanded its uses to stolen cars tracking devices, criminal rehabilitations, and experimental animal observations. The chip has come a long way but where will it go from here.
Is technology going to become the revolution and the epicenter of our planet? The clock is ticking, the work is piling up, and with only a few hours to go before sunrise you stop and realize that you have just absorbed almost nothing. Some would agree when I say that this situation encapsulates one of the common problems in this era. Although with the help of technological progress, not only has every aspect of life gotten faster but more efficient. However, these advancements are not to take for granted. Most people do not realize the complexity of the processes that occur when they use technologies like the Internet or computers. Nevertheless, are the devices that people use in their day-to-day lives essential? As generations come and go, they each possess a value that strikes apart from one another. In this generation it is crucial that technology is simply ubiquitous. You can find technology anywhere; at school, a store and even at your local hospital. Technology has provided us with many advancements in our health care, there are plenty of medical technology uses in our health care. Not long ago, people started wearing wristbands that recorded the number of steps they took, their heart rates and sleep cycles. But not only did these bands help the patients, they paved the way for a new generation of gadgets that have become tools to improve health care delivery and outcomes. As you can see technology provides us to many of our enhancements in our medical field. The benefits of technology on our health care is that it contributes to our new health innovations, offers us information technology, and better patient care.
The world exists where people no longer wear just clothes, but a person wears a watch or a shirt that is always functioning and require a minimum of the wearer’s attention. Laptops are no longer need because with wearable computer on him why needs of a lab top. MIThril’s vision of this project is to provide our gifted society with a better way to computing. Laptops are the thing of the past; wearable computer is the step to the future.
Inform- these daily videos and pictures are easy to share amongst friends and others, therefore spreading the word even more. They can also be used to inform when there are new models of the GoPro and also informs in ways how you can use it to create unique imagery from different viewpoints
Today there are many technological advancement to enhance our daily activities, whether it be as simple as an Ipod for entertainment purposes or as vital as an artificial heart for the survival of a human live, science and technology is the reason for its existence.
21st century, we live in the era of technology-driven world. Human never stopped the development of technology, because we always have a natural tendency to pursue a higher level of human being. Technology is the best evidence of human intelligence, has shown that we are different from other animals. We live with technology since we born. Although it has intervene our daily life heavily that we can’t no longer live without, nobody can deny the achievements it has brought to us.