
The concept of tracking your health with wearable technology is not new, but the speed at which school children wear activity trackers is.
It caused quite a wide range of reactions.
In Britain, a mother dropped her child out of primary school because she didn't let her child wear an electronic fitness bracelet, although after the protests, the school later allowed students to wear fitbit (except for physical education ).
In New Zealand, high school counselors say they are concerned that the Fitbit device may become a fixture, especially for girls trying to lose weight and stay healthy.
In Australia, students in some schools wear these devices (for example, 9 out of 24 students in my daughter's fourth grade class), despite the following termsof-
Services like Fitbit say users should be 13 years old to use their services.
As for older students, earlier this year, the University of orro Roberts said it would give new students the option to wear Fitbit as part of its ongoing fitness program.
This, however, raised some concerns and raised an online petition, fearing that it might promote eating disorders.
You just need to witness the appeal between the child and their little screen to understand why modern parents are looking for an antidote to their offspring's movement aversion.
There is no doubt that most children thrive structurally in life, such as forcing the use of some screens --time limits.
Introduction of self-
The governance of children at home is usually one of the progressive steps and mistakes.
An attractive feature of the event
The tracker is that they come with an app that kids can find and install from their kidsspeed.
Your average self
Tracking device daily statistics: Steps-
A few kilometers-
Heat-
Consumption, etc.
Daily stats dashboard on Fitbit app.
Fitbit/Screenshot provided by the author to parents will be happy to see the children speed up their daily pace
First, count and observe the cost of their youth and spend more time reading exercise metrics and rewards carefully
Shooting and dismantling opponent buildings in my world.
One reassuring aspect of the Fitbit daily dashboard is that from the perspective of parents with sloppy children at home --
District, primary school children usually punch in-
They did a lot of activities on their school days.
Researchers in pervasive computing
Tracking is an important tool for optimizing changes in self-behavior.
From a sociological point of view, self
Tracking is considered to be closely related to self and identity.
These devices collect new information about themselves, capturing raw data that was previously difficult to obtain
Won or completely unavailable, then presented visually for reflection, all of which are rareto-
No personal effort.
In doing so, they provide a new source of rich knowledge about themselves.
Australian study of self-phenomenon
Tracing points to the philosophical basis provided by French philosopher Michelle Fu.
Individuals must, morally and ethically, adopt practices that help them gain happiness, health and wisdom.
Practice of nourishing the body and soul.
But, despite the emphasis on self in this brand new smart things Program, the information collected by these devices is also in the hands of corporate entities other than individuals.
Employers have a vested interest in the health and health of their employees
More and more enthusiastic about these fitness equipment.
In September 2015, US retail giant Target provided more than 300,000 free Fitbit Zip devices to improve employee health and corporate image.
Some health insurance companies in the US and elsewhere are now offering savings for people wearing the device.
So what is the scope of people's increasing attention to these selves?
Tracking equipment computer scientist Jaron Lanier, author of Who Owns the Future, tied technology to himself in his 1980 s and had a good general about the dangers inherent in himself
Tracking: There are two dangers: one is to compromise privacy and the other is that participants can narrow themselves.
Extreme followers pay too much attention to certain numbers about themselves, which may make them more like robots than others.
Still, he ignored the low. grade devices.
Fast food giant McDonald's recently released STEP-
IT event Band with 33 million Chinese enjoy a happy meal in the United States
The made wristband is ready and will not be recalled until this month when burns and skin irritation are reported.
People are more and more worried about themselves.
Tracking is becoming selfsurveillance.
However, in the field of public health
Tracking technology fits well with self-emphasis
Management, transfer some personal responsibility and control back to the individual who needs care.
It depends to a large extent on who can access the data, what the purpose of their use of the data is, and whether they have the appropriate permission to access the data.
Still, if it allows the kids to get off the couch and do more exercise in the real world, it is likely that when they are healthy young people, they have got rid of the activity tracking bracelet.
Or, it may evolve into a permanent enhancement that promotes optimized human life from cradle to grave.
Steve Goschnick, a part-time professor at Steve burne University of Technology, was originally published in the conversation.
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