The Mindful Wearable: A Solution or a Distraction? The rise of wearable technology has been meteoric in recent years, with devices monitoring heart rates, sleep patterns, and other bodily functions.
Atlas' new brain monitoring wearable, launched last week, promises to do something more profound – quantify how present we are. On the surface, this might seem like a trivial pursuit.
However, the implications run deeper. By measuring our levels of engagement and attention, Atlas offers a tool for self improvement on an unprecedented scale. Critics argue that this approach is fundamentally flawed.