Technology Quarterly
Measuring up
The quantified self
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Wearable fitness trackers and smartwatches are connecting health care to daily life, says Slavea Chankova
- The quantified self: Wearable devices are connecting health care to daily life
- One ring to rule them all: Wearable devices measure a growing array of health indicators
- Killer apps, saving lives: Apps interpreting data from wearable devices are helping people to live better
- Digital therapeutics: Some health apps are able not just to diagnose diseases, but also to treat them
- The pulse of the people: Data from wearable devices are changing disease surveillance and medical research
- Sources and acknowledgments
The quantified self
Wearable devices are connecting health care to daily life
This will transform how people look after themselves
One ring to rule them all
Wearable devices measure a growing array of health indicators
They can detect a disease before it develops
Killer apps, saving lives
Apps interpreting data from wearable devices are helping people to live better
But too many of the apps are poorly designed
Digital therapeutics
Some health apps are able not just to diagnose diseases, but also to treat them
They are rapidly becoming an important part of health care
The pulse of the people
Data from wearable devices are changing disease surveillance and medical research
This is giving new insights into the health of millions of people
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Defence technology
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War among the sensors poses new challenges, says Shashank Joshi
- Like smartphones, but lethal: The technology of seeing and shooting your enemies
- All the targets, all the time: Synthetic-aperture radar is making the Earth’s surface watchable 24/7
- See-through seas: Finding submarines is likely to get easier
- Lots of signal, lots of noise: Where to process data, and how to add them up
- Fierce contests: Deception and destruction can still blind the enemy
- Sources and acknowledgments