Technology Quarterly | One ring to rule them all

Wearable devices measure a growing array of health indicators

They can detect a disease before it develops

ON THE OUTSIDE, the Oura ring looks rather ordinary, indistinguishable from a chunky wedding band. But a faint green light that intermittently leaks out from the gap between finger and ring suggests that it is not just jewellery.

This article appeared in the Technology Quarterly section of the print edition under the headline “One ring to rule them all”

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