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If tooth be told
Wearable computing: An oral sensor mounted in a tooth can work out whether you are eating, drinking, talking or coughing
AS COMPUTERS continually shrink, the era of wearable devices is nigh. Nike’s FuelBand slips over your wrist to track the amount of exercise you do. Google Glass is a head-mounted display similar to a pair of spectacles that can be sported by the always-online. Apple is thought to be working on a wristwatch-sized sidekick for its smartphones. And from Taiwan comes another example: a tooth that monitors what your mouth is up to.
This article appeared in the Technology Quarterly section of the print edition under the headline “If tooth be told”
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