Thoughts on my personal health and wearable technology from the Sci-Fi London Wearable Horizons event, May 2014

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My quantified self, and the promise of wearables
Wearable Horizons 2014

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Hello
I’m Andy

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Developer Advocate
social web enthusiast
maker, educator, LEGO fan
OSS contributor
Eclipse Project Lead (Paho / MQTT)
excited by “what’s next”, Internet of Things, etc.
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@andypiper

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Happy
Star Wars
Day!

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• A personal journey
• Futures in wearables?
• Issues to resolve

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A wake-up call…

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Supraventricular
Tachycardia

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Short circuit!

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Geek: apply
technology to
the problem…

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App demos

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Reflections…
http://andypiper.co.uk/
2013/03/13/on-ageing-
and-a-wake-up-call/

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Adjustments

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App demos

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Dan Hon
• Diabetes Story
• http://danhon.com/
2012/04/28/myself-quantified/

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http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/
2012/03/the-personal-analytics-of-
my-life/

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Futures and ideas

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Smaller, more
“invisible”?

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More
“decorative”?

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More “big brands”?

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More
cameras?

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New
ways to
measure
and
respond

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Issues

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• Size, ease of wearability
• Number of limbs… (!)
• Accuracy
• Security and sovereignty of data

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Google +
Nest = ??

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Facebook - “in
on the game”?

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Fitness
for kids?

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• Is privacy and use of data an issue?
• Don’t sell me, bro!
• Ownership could be key (current US court rulings)

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Where do
wearables fit?

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Putting it all together…

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Conclusions

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• We make technology to our own utility
• We make policy and laws
• Open and secure protocols and systems are key
• APIs to open data from wearables, please!

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Image credits
• Emergency lights http://www.flickr.com/photos/iks_berto/4611351604
• Star Wars Cookies http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsyweber/4961703633/
• Sony lifelog image from The Verge
• IoT image http://www.flickr.com/photos/polisea/6283810186/
• others authors own, or from Wikimedia Commons or product promo images