Healthcare is a major topic for the report, with its predictions of “continuous health monitoring” through a variety of sensors and personal devices. “Having a personal healthpod you strap yourself into daily will become normal,” suggested Rangaswami.
“You will be able to purchase health-monitoring systems just like you purchase home-security systems,” claimed Google’s chief economist Hal Varian. “Indeed, the home-security system will include health monitoring as a matter of course.”
“Tools will monitor us from birth and predict sickness and heal us faster. Genetics will be patented and evolve to have cures to current and new disease that will arise,” said Breanne Thomlison, president of BTx2 Communications. “People will be able to connect with others who share similar DNA and experience a personal connection to focus on prevention versus treatment.”
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-the-future-could-look-like-with-gigabit-internet-2014-10#ixzz3SETFFilsFound this really interesting, but couldn't really link any of the infomation to my essay
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