The ‘quantified self’ movement is gaining momentum, with many of us tracking some aspect of our health. Given how useful this data is, it was only a matter of time before it landed in the hands of clinicians. uMotif is a tracking app that connects patients and doctors to streamline healthcare.

With half a billion wearable devices shipping in the next few years and going straight onto wrists, shoes, glasses and lapels, soon interacting with smart cities will seem as 'normal' as checking Facebook.

Are you tired of being busy? Or simply too busy to be tired? Either way, time-intensive work all too often comes at the expense of precious sleep. We can’t all be part of the ‘sleepless elite’ and thrive on a meagre four-hour kip, but new wearable tech could help burn the candle at both ends.

The Apple Watch launched in April 2015 with an array of sensors to measure a user’s pulse, movement and location. Touted as a health and productivity aid, the watch is the most mainstream product to gather bodily data in the form of biometrics. But should brands know our every measurement?