But future technologies are pointing in an even more exhaustive, and some would say intrusive, self-monitoring direction.
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But if future technologies make reliably measuring unhealthy behaviors easier then this will be less of a problem.
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As far as future technologies, Holtzer and Twardowski see a few on the horizon: auto-tinting curtain wall glass is not far away.
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Ford Motor Company today begins real-world testing of future technologies as part of a research programme aimed at advancing car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication to European roads.
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Hylen said the company is looking at multiple future technologies.
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Each member has a strong commitment in investing in future technologies and working collaboratively by combining the best of industrial research with the deep knowledge of the energy and utilities industry that drive innovation across the market.
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Future technologies will certainly make this easier.
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Human-enhancement researchers at the University of Reading, for their part, are considering future technologies, such as embedded devices that enhance the senses or add new ones, and implants that improve memory or allow messages to be sent or devices to be controlled using thought alone.
Rather than discussing the already worn (and to me irrelevant) debate of digital book versus analog book, I talked about future technologies like brain computer interface, real-time simulation and programmable material, and how these will change the face of literature far beyond the Kindle, perhaps eventually eliminating text altogether.
One solution would be to tax mobiles and Voip like any other sort of phone call, but the committee has also suggested the more radical option of a general tax on telecommunications, with the advantage that it will cover any future technologies too, instead of forcing the law to play catch-up every few years.
Pacing around a room, they will talk for hours about future technologies such as voice recognition (they call their team working on it the "wreck a nice beach" group, because that's what invariably appears on the screen when someone speaks the phrase "recognize speech" into the system), then wander onto topics ranging from quantum physics to genetic engineering.
"It is a wonderful idea, " says Yuji Kawaguchi , Honda (nyse: HMC - news - people )'s top researcher for future auto technologies.
But with so much competition from abroad, and with so many competing future powertrain technologies out there--electric hybrids, clean diesels and hydrogen fuel cells--companies can't afford to go it alone, says David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Putting a price on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases would be an efficient way to reduce future emissions, encourage greener technologies, and reduce future risks of climate change.
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These and future video optimization technologies solve the ever increasing supply and demand challenges.
Under the European Commission's Future and Emerging Technologies programme, the backing is designed to give Europe an edge in key areas of research.
Besides improving traffic reporting, the information that the systems glean can also help to route traffic, assist town planners and fine-tune future assistive driving technologies.
So the answer to many of our future problems and technologies may very well be there but where people are looking at things in a far too complex way.
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If we look at the broader history of technology, we see rare individuals who have had a clear and strong vision of an expansive future created by technologies they studied, designed, and promoted.
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Economic and cultural factors often go overlooked when people consider the technologies of the future, but they play a huge role in what technologies get adopted and what falls by the wayside.
At some point in the future, new energy technologies and conservation will lessen our dependence on oil.
The House conferees, however, are attempting to interpret the Durbin amendment as pertaining only to such liberalization efforts as may occur in the future with respect to technologies still controlled once the 1990 EAA amendments are enacted.
He outlined that no single source of energy would meet future demand and that a mix of technologies and sources would be needed to secure the energy of the future.
Including organizational arrangements, ongoing and future activities, tsunami detection technologies and alert dissemination procedures.
How do we make sure that the green technologies of the future are made here in America?
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It will take different technologies in the future, but getting the recipe is the first big step.
We also believe that our technologies and the products that are built on those technologies will drive future revenue growth.
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Today, debates about fiction's future usually center on the technologies of reading.
Khosla says himself in a rebuttal to the editorial that he doesn't see a future for companies with new technologies that rely on subsidies.
And so this is a good example of entrepreneurship focused on technologies of the future, linking up with training American workers for those jobs.
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