Your data, your health: How we’re sensoring the human body
While most eras are defined by tools, and revolutions defined by industrial advancement, it’s perhaps even more true that various ages of humanity could be defined by the lengthening lifespan of our species. The bronze and iron ages saw new tools for building, hunting and fighting. It also allowed for greater farming, a more diverse diet and a healthier human existence. The Industrial Revolution pioneered by UK capitalism saw machinery replace workers in grimy, polluted buildings. It could be argued that this too proved a boon to the health of the UK populace in general. What of today’s internet of things age, when everything must be connected, online and accessible to all? Again, health is at the centre, with medtech advancing at speeds never before seen.
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