As much as we’d like we are still pretty limited in subdermal by batteries and transmission methods
In the mean time while things are being developed, the closest we can come to sub-dermal is by wearing the tech and integrating it into our daily lives
This is a general thread for, what your wearing, or want to… stuff you want to see exist or stuff you hacked together, and ways you are using it
Discuss
I recently picked up an Apple Watch 9, “pre-ban” so it still has blood oxygen sensor functionality
Been using that the keep another perspective on my sleep apnea, surprising amount bio of data the device can collect…. Ignoring the Pandora’s box of my bio data being harvested by 3rd parties for now…
Slowly adjusting to wearing a watch again… but being able to use the watch to ping my phone when I loose it is a small nicety
Totally my favorite thing about a smart watch.
I’m currently using a oura ring. It measures pulsox and heart rate as well as sleep habits but the subscription is kinda crap.
Well likely go with the ring Conn or replace entirely with the vivokey ring when I get sick of charging it.
I’m pretty rough on my hands so eventually the ceramic ring will get destroyed like most anything what i wear
The oura ring is subscription based? :-/
Not to mention you need to buy a new one in about 18 to 24 months because the very small battery inside basically won’t hold a charge anymore. I don’t know why they bother with the subscription when the ring costs $400… honestly just roll it into the price of the ring, or make the entire ring and subscription model where you just get a new one after 24 months if you keep paying the subscription
Oof… yea that sinks any interest I had in them…
Is it possible to measure blood glucose via skin contact? Or does it chemically necessitate a needle into the skin like the dexcom units
I keep seeing adds for a secondary device you can wear opposite a smart watch that can measure hydration levels… interesting concept, but I think real world reviews look less than idea
It also claims it can do body composition stuffs. Which while technically interesting I question whether it’s significantly meaningful to have an real time monitor of that stat
I have a scale that claims it can tell you water weight and hydration levels but I’m suspect of it’s accuracy
I have an untouched HSA that has more money in it than my kids are sick but the oura ring was HSA eligible so I went with it.
Had to look that one up. I’m kinda surprised that it’s not something that Apple did to screw their customers, but isn’t it just a bunch of LEDs and phototransistors? Still, why am I surprised when I came with an inverter topology that was already patented by someone else. 
The only wearable that’s almost always on my head is a pair of Aftershokz, having bluetooth headphones on you at all times is rather useful. And I want an implantable version of this.
I’m also thinking about adding an NFC tag to my watch band because of a particular lock that hates implants. But I’m probably going to get a flex installed instead.
Did you guys see the proper at glasses meta made? Actual screen displays and everything…
Only shame is they said it cost them 10K per unit to MAKE so they won’t be producing it for sale, only a hundred units for internal testing
I would love to mess with that
Saw an article somewhere that college kids were using them to instantly dox people in their line of sight
How did college kids get their hands on them? They said they aren’t released into public
Or do you mean just the standard ones that are just a camera and a voice assistant?
Looking for the article… Maybe early preview?
Update: College students used Meta’s smart glasses to dox people in real time - The Verge
It’s not the same article I saw before but the same idea covered with slightly different AI generated modifications 
I found a ring on Kickstarter that claimed to be able to measure blood pressure, but the campaign was over. Then I found another one on Indiegogo called Ring X with the same claim. It seems the science is there, it’s based on blood flow calculations and there are some papers about it since early 2000s.
I have ordered one for myself, waiting for it. Hope it can deliver what it promises.
That would be cool,
I was thinking about what add on modules I’d want to add to a watch band… and I feel like a dosimeter/ Geiger counter would be cool… radiation is all about minimizing exposure and whatnot, but it’s silent and invisible
Not sure if the form factor is quite there yet for wristband, could be interesting to find a lapel unit and see if affordable to get and rip apart
It’s possible to do it with spectroscopy, but it’s not reliable enough for the main target audience of that tech diabetics. I’m hoping making it implantable will increase the accuracy and at the very least make it useable as a point of reference for diabetics and a regular monitor for quantified self people.
