Last time, I wrote about the measures we have in our lives. We track and record finances, behavior, medical data, and assessments (including those related to our thinking), and then we fix these against ever-smaller increments of time. Measures have been a part of our life for a long time, and they provide both benefits … Leer más
Think like a bird. Think in three dimensions. Think of what it means to sense, connect, share, and act up and out as much as forward and back and side to side.
You are the final frontier for the Internet of Things (IoT). Imagine tattoos or pills that populate your body with nanoscale sensors and actuators. These devices would travel to key areas of your body and provide a constant stream of data on blood sugar level, hormones, oxygen exchange, blood pressure, heart rate – virtually any … Leer más
There’s a world of data out there. A big chunk of it is handcrafted, or, at least, mediated by humans. Cashiers scan bar codes. Field researchers tag endangered species. Traders enter buy and sell decisions.
