ShareSaveInnovation Enterprise Tech5 Predictions For Wearable Technology: From Fitness Trackers To “Humans 2.0”ByBernard Marr Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights 12:25am EDTShareSaveThis article is more than 4 years old.Even if you’ve had a fitness tracker or smartwatch for years you might still be surprised at how well the wearable technology or “wearables” trend has taken off What started with Fitbit and the like has now mushroomed into an entire industry of wearables that are designed to help us lead healthier 5 Predictions For Wearable Technology: From Fitness Trackers To “Humans 2.0” I predict that the demand for wearables will evolve into a more seamless blending of humans and technology – giving rise to “augmented humans” or “humans 2.0” Is that really where we’re headed as a species I look at five eye-opening predictions for the future of wearable technology Examples of wearables from the here and now Fitness trackers may be one of the most recognizable examples of wearables but let’s take a quick look at some other examples: These include a waterproof UV sensor that communicates with your smartphone to tell you when UV levels are high meaning you should slap on some more sunscreen so you can share your photos and videos via the Snapchat app whether your fellow beach-goers will welcome the idea of you effectively wearing a camera on your face is another matter… Let's look at my top five predictions for how the wearables trend will evolve in the future which helps to reduce pressure on workers’ necks and backs Hyundai says the exoskeletons help to reduce injuries in the workplace and increase worker efficiency My prediction is exoskeletons like this will become the norm in manufacturing and industrial settings around the world Special robot prosthetics are being designed for ten volunteers and the hope is the volunteers will be able to operate their prosthetics via the nervous system which respond to the individual’s commands more intuitively giving hope that it will be possible to print fully working replacement organs in the future combined with advances in robotics and prosthetics if I need a heart transplant in the future it's feasible that I could be given a choice between a robotic heart or a lab-grown heart All this could have serious implications for data privacy Wearable technology already creates a huge amount of data on the wearer so it stands to reason that the more we embrace wearables this begs the question of whether we should want companies like Facebook to know more about us than they already do Even if we’re okay with that (and many of us aren’t) we’ll all need to become much savvier about the data we're forking over to the purveyors of wearable solutions And the companies offering these solutions will need to make genuine strides in how seriously they take data privacy The Italian tourist who died after falling into a canal in Amsterdam was the captain of an amateur soccer club in the region of Parma He was in Amsterdam on vacation with a group of friends According to various Italian media outlets the victim was identified as Gabriele "Gallo" Gallani The 24-year-old from Neviano degli Arduini in the province of Parma was an engineering student at the University of Parma and the captain of an amateur football team He had been vacationing in Amsterdam with a group of eight friends since Wednesday Gallani was planning to return to Italy on Saturday morning to participate in a football match on Sunday with his football team. The game has since been postponed "It's hard to find the words for what happened, maybe the right ones are GOODBYE and THANK YOU, but we're not sure. You came here when you were just a boy, and you became one of our pillars, the only thing we can do right now is to keep your memory alive. There's no point in saying anything else at the moment. Ciao Gallo," his football club wrote on Facebook The accident happened during the night from Friday into Saturday Emergency services were alerted around 12:35 a.m about an individual who had fallen into the water at the Kloveniersburgwal and at least two ambulances to the location Divers from the fire department located the victim in the water He was transported to the hospital by ambulance Details regarding how he ended up in the water remain unclear. Investigators are looking for witnesses who might provide more information on how the victim ended up in the water They also call people with camera footage from RingMyDoorbell to come forward Any photo or video footage can be uploaded directly to the police's website here Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp Have you ever forgotten to reapply your sunscreen Deep tan-lines and a reddish glow that last for weeks – I know I have Enter the super high-tech and “smart” new bikini from Spinali Design dubbed Neviano UV Protect This new-age of swimwear comes with a sensor for monitoring ultra-violet (UV) rays it alerts you when it’s time to reapply more sunscreen in fact a range of 70 swimsuits numbered from 01 to 06 (from the most covering to the least covering)