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What is Wearable Technology?

Sunflower Lab

Reduced Insurance Premiums. Insurance companies know the value of wearable technology. The health insurance company Humana began offering its employees wearables to earn rewards for reaching fitness activity goals. Some providers have even started offering discounts as an incentive to use them. Slow Spread of Germs.

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How conscious companies can thread IoT’s security and privacy needles

The Parallax

It has built-in speakers and microphones for listening to music, GPS audio cues, taking phone calls, and communicating with other Forcite riders via a built-in VoIP system. It supports up to five hours of continuous recording, which riders can download to their phones and back up on Forcite’s servers.

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