What if monitoring your heart rate, hydration or even exposure to the sun were as simple as wearing a little adhesive strip?
Welcome to the future, where your body is technology's new frontier.
MC10's Biostamp is a smart sensing sticker that you wear like a child's temporary tattoo. When it hits the market in 2014, it will be able to collect data from your heart, brain and muscles. It can sense physical impact, body temperature — even hydration levels. And...it will communicate in real time to your smartphone.
According to research and analytics firm IHS, demand for wearable, wireless devices will grow from 14 million gadgets this year to nearly 200 million in 2016.
Today, you're inseparable from your tech. Soon, you'll be wearing it. You'll see more the fun stuff like touchscreen t-shirts, talking shoes and of course, Google's Glass, specs that come with a screen, camera and microphone.
The biggest wearable tech trend perhaps is the race for space on your wrist. Tech companies large and small are either out in the markeplace with so-called smartwatches, or working on one.
I think this technology will be great. This wearable technology will open the door for so may great things. Doctors will be able to use to gather information about their patient's well being. People are always looking out for the next big thing and I believe this technology will be it.