Internet trend puts users centre stage


  • TECH
  • Monday, 15 Dec 2014

CUTTING EDGE: Sensors in things we wear allow automated observations about daily activities to be scrutinised by computers in online datacentres, which may one day be able to anticipate people

SAN FRANCISCO: Sensors that track steps, pulse, diet and more marked a wearable computing fashion trend this year as they evolve from measuring what we’ve done to telling us what to do. 

Smart bracelets, watches, and pendants increasingly adorned the techno-chic, and for some even their dogs sported medallions tracking whether they nap too much and run too little. 

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