Fitness trackers were once little more than glorified pedometers, but as wearable technology advanced by leaps and bounds we can now get everything from our heart rate to our VO2 max delivered right to our smartphones via sensors built into our watches and bands. It's an incredible amount of health data that is tracked in the background without us even thinking about it, but what if we had even more? If we could track a mountain of health data without having to charge anything overnight, would people adopt it, or be weirded out by it? That's a question that researchers from Columbia University may soon have to grapple with as they work on injectable sensors that have the potential to warn of health issues before they become a real problem.
As Digital Trends reports, the breakthrough is all about shrinking technology as much as possible, and it might not be long — relatively speaking — before these kinds of tiny chips are available for use. The real question is, will anyone be comfortable using them?
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Would you inject a sensor into your body to track your health? originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 1 Jun 2021 at 20:30:42 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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