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Is Health the Next Frontier for Wearable Technology?

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"Wearables," as in wearable technology, is one of the big buzz words in tech right now. You probably know about Fitbits and Jawbones, but soon wearable tech is expected to move beyond fitness and into medicine. At UC San Diego, engineers are working on the next generation of wearables.

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