'Ingestibles' could become the new wearables faster than you think

Wearables have made people obsessed with tracking their personal data — from fitness to sleep to even sex. We've been retrieving this information externally, but can data also come from within?

At the Code/Mobile conference, Hosain Rahman, CEO of leading wearables company Jawbone, said they've looked into ingestibles as the future of wearables. They're sensors that "pass through you" and collect data.

Even though the idea sounds like the catalyst for a dystopian sci-fi movie, the concept isn't all that unreasonable. A majority of Rahman's talk focused on the role and challenges of wearables — the most basic challenge being actually getting people to wear them, and not only that, but also wear them consistently. Read more...