People and ThInGs,,,,

I recently picked up a newer version of a health tracking device I had a few years back. The last one was fine, with the exception of its charging port, that ceased working after a few months, and I just never upgraded. Getting older, I try to take care of this decrepit high milage vehicle.,,,

This new one, much the same as the last one, but faster in data collection, and much better designed charging port, I only hope the IP68 standard is legit; not just a selling point claim,,,

But playing with the collection app (that has the option of sharing data with GIGGLES, PASS!!!! And I do mean HARD pass!!!) I pondered some of the stories we have been hearing of, not just wearable devices, but IMPLANTS,,,

sorry, not this old geezer, I can see an implant like a pacemaker or hip replacement, where its ‘to keep thing moving’, but as a tracker or supplemental implant (like added memory as suggested by Elon,,) my hindbrain starts wiggling in distrust,,, And I could come up with several storylines on that alone,,,

At least with wearable devices, I have the option of 1 turning the thing off, and 2 taking it off and leaving it lay somewhere. In the case of the ‘keeps things moving’ implants, they are single function devices; Insidious intent is a least likely concern. I can’t say that about collection devices (and I wonder just how secure this one is,,,, I guess when I start seeing ads pop up for blood pressure and other health concerns, I will know its THE spy, won’t I?)

A little about this tracker,,, several data points that I am interested in: BP, Pulse, Temp, Blood O2, are the biggest. It has sleep monitoring and step counter (that is iffy at best as it uses pendulum action of the arm,,, That can be misleading,,,) and some kilocalorie functions that are suspect at accuracy but can be fun to play with. And it has a timer for exercise that makes it easier to track my REAL time on the Erg etc etc,,,

Those first ones though,,,, Seeing a running track of those through the day, even if ‘off’ a little bit in accuracy, can tell me much more about the areas I need to watch,,, It may not be all diet that needs addressed. When I was using one of these before, I noted that my BO2 was dropping off around noon each day during the work week. I started using a respirator at work, and that stopped happening. I was inhaling all sorts of crap and blocking up OX transfer in the lungs/blood.

So they DO have some merit. And this one is simple, stoopid simple, and SUPPOSEDLY not a collector for other entities, unlike the BITfits or Eves’ fruit ones. (I’ll know soon enough,,, The last one was ‘honest’,,,)

I still wouldn’t get an implant. I am genetically whole after three years of massive genetic testing of the world, and I am still fairly intact much the way I was born (one surgery to reconstruct bones, used carbon fiber to ‘guide’ the regrowth of ligiments. Can’t see the CF on xray anymore,,,) I would like to stay that way,,,,