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The quantified self - Gary Wolf

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At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending -- just about everything in daily life you can measure -- in gloriously geeky detail. Journalist Gary Wolf spends his days in pursuit of the most fascinating things. As a contributing editor at Wired, he's written about technology, mushroom hunters, venture capitalists

Wolf notes that Apple has developed ear buds that can sense blood oxygenation, heart rate and body temperature. What uses can you imagine for this, and what concerns do you think people might have about it?

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