wearables

Computers have become intimately tied to modern life. But has our relationship grown too close?

Military wearable devices won’t resemble existing favorites like FitBit and the Apple Watch—they'll collect real-time physiological data on muscle and brain injuries to help army doctors better triage the wounded or spot soldiers that are dangerously exhausted.

Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas once again delivered the goods by providing us with an overwhelming display of weird and wonderful new tech products. From Wifi coffee machines that could be remotely trigged to produce a beverage of your choice, to electronic roller-skates that could propel you down the street at high speed, there was nothing that the exciting new world of technology couldn’t be applied to.

A big hit this year is wearable devices that monitor a variety of different biological attributes. Many of these are designed to provide this data to your smartphone.