Txt Me by B. Bonin Bough

Author:B. Bonin Bough [Bough, Bonin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942952367
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.

Is your health record digitized and available to you online? #6A

NO ONE WOULD EVER GUESS that the Quantified Self movement is only a few years old based on the 100,000 or so health and fitness apps available for download today in the iTunes store, many designed to be used in concert with a wrist monitor. Today’s best-known wrist-monitor wearables include the Fitbit, the Nike + Fuelband, the Jawbone UP, Withings, Fitbug, Omrom, and the Basis Health monitor, which was acquired by Intel in 2014. Activity trackers are big business, too, generating around $290 million in US retail sales in 2013, with the market expected to double by the end of 2014.65 A survey by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation cited industry experts who predicted that mobile health apps will increase by 25 percent annually for the foreseeable future,66 while another study estimates that the larger Quantified Self movement, which includes smart phones, wristbands, glasses, and various other devices, will reach $5 billion by 2016.67

The biggest players in the technology sector have taken note. In 2014, Facebook bought Moves, an activity tracker, while Apple unveiled plans to bundle a new self-tracking app, Health, as part of its iOS8 operating system. Last year Amazon rolled out a standalone storefront dedicated entirely to wearable tech including smart watches, fitness trackers, and wearable cameras.

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