Computerised You: How Wearable Technology Will Turn Us Into Computers

by Shane Richmond

From the fitness tracking Nike Fuelband to the head-mounted computer, Google Glass, wearable technology is turning our bodies into the new frontier of computing. In Computerised You, Shane Richmond considers how wearable technology could help us to lead healthier lives and make us more efficient, examines the threat to our privacy and the danger of addiction and looks to a future of computer-augmented clothing and brain implants that challenge our notions of what it means to be human.

About the author
Shane Richmond is a journalist with 15 years' experience. He led the Daily Telegraph's technology coverage for several years, interviewing major figures along the way, such as Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Apple designer Sir Jonathan Ive. His work has also appeared in T3, Stuff magazine and The Independent.

Genres: Technology, Nonfiction

48 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 23, 2013

About the author

Shane Richmond is a freelance technology writer with 20 years' experience. His website, Pigskin Books, is dedicated to a hobby - books about American football. You'll find many of them listed in his Goodreads library.

Reviews

[Jeremy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit outdated at this point, but still interesting with the implications.

[Paul · Rating 2 out of 5]

good, but too short

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

too short and barely scrapes the surface of this topic

[Matt Laatsch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting quick read. A bit out of date.