wearable devices

also referred to as: wearable device

6 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Christina Mercando · across every show →

Everything said about wearable devices, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mercando: Screen-based wearables require large physical designs due to battery limits
“Even if Apple comes out with something, you know, battery technology is such that If you want to power a screen and if you want to do all these things, you need a device that's large.”
Christina Mercando Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:56 a16z Podcast | The Wearables Session
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Insight
Huffington: Sleep trackers build awareness but aren't permanently necessary
“Sleep monitoring, like step monitoring or any exercise monitoring can be helpful in terms of helping us see where we are in terms of our sleep compared to our energy level the next day. It makes us more self-aware. But frankly, at some point, we can become sel…”
Ariana Huffington Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:32 a16z Podcast | Sleep!
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Rachel Kalmar: Wearable algorithms are useless if users reject the hardware
“If you can't get somebody to wear the device that you built, none of the sophisticated algorithms that you have matter at all.”
Rachel Kalmar Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 23:42 a16z Podcast | On Wearables, Quantified Self, and Biohacking
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Snyder: Wearable monitoring study caught heart issues and early cancer in 100-person cohort
“And as a study we've been running on a hundred people, we've actually Caught at least two cases of heart issues early because we were following them closely. In one case, right from simple wearable device. We also caught a pre-cancer and a case of early lympho…”
Mike Snyder Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:48 a16z Podcast | How to Live Longer and Better
May 30, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Wolf: Health insurance will eventually cover consumer wearable health devices
“Today most of these products are consumer purchased, and I think there's totally a world where insurance starts to cover a lot of wearable devices and things today that we think of as consumer products, and we definitely see that.”
Daisy Wolf May 30, 2025 ▶ 19:57 Hey Tech, Come to Healthcare
May 30, 2025 bullish
Prediction Held up
Wolf: Future wearables will predict illnesses before patients feel any symptoms
“These wearable devices are gonna predict that you're getting sick before you even start feeling symptoms and know.”
Daisy Wolf May 30, 2025 ▶ 16:21 Hey Tech, Come to Healthcare
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