A growing number of devices, including headphones and rings, are monitoring our movement and health.
These surveillance gadgets stretch the meaning of “wearable,” and could include technology outside the body.
Wearables Everywhere?
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Manufacturers are starting to look at many parts of the body as a place to put wearable technology.
Feet are one area thats getting a lot of attention.
Monitoring hydration is an area that is seeing increasing interest in the wearables market.
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Advances in technology could make wearables part of everyday healthcare, experts say.
There also are ingestible monitor devices, including broadband-powered pills or devices that monitor internal events and medication usages.
