Wearable Devices

Downside of Fitness Trackers and Health Apps is Loss of Privacy

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Author: Victoria J. Palmer; Publisher: The Conversation; Publication Year: 2016. The following article starts off with a bold statement to capture the audience, saying the public have now become the study subjects and the collection tools. This article focuses heavily on the risks of health tracking through apps. As much as health apps can be an asset, if not handled properly sensitive data can easily be brought public. One example is…

Sport Faces Big Data Dilemmas

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Author: Ronald Brouwer, Nathalie La Verge; Publisher: Deloitte.; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how improvements in sports technology come with more opportunity for scrutiny on players. How would you like if your entire professional performance was watched in great detail, and then broadcasted on tv to people all across the country? Athletes today are facing this dilemma due to higher definition video footage…

Wearable Technologies in Collegiate Sports: The Ethics of Collecting Biometric Data from Student-Athletes

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Author: Jason F. Arnold, Robert M. Sade; Publisher: National Library of Medicine; Publication Year: 2017. The following case study describes the development of new technology (wearable devices in this scenario) and how the consequences of pursuing this technology fall on the people most important to the data collection process: the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) sports players themselves. There are 5 broad themes that are universal…