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This is the story of how I turned my iPhone 5 into a fully functional activity and fitness tracker.  This years biggest and most exciting techbuzz has been the rising popularity of wearable technology. Although the term wearable technology has a very broad meaning, recently it has focused mainly on activity tracking and fitness tracking.  Image source: allthatiknow.com Wearable devices like the Nike fuelband, Fitbit Flex, and Jawbone Up are growing in popularity mainly for its ability to track ones activity and monitor fitness. I have long wanted to try one of them out but I had a hard time deciding which one to pick. I read a lot of reviews on all three of them and the reviews are mixed. I researched their specs and features more and found that taken individually, each one seemed to lack something the other was offering. Take for example the ability to track activity and monitor/update calorie in-take and budget.  Say I go for a run and burn a certain amount ...

Image Source: API Evangelist My iPhone alarm clock went off announcing the start of another hectic day. My alarm clock also functioned as a sleep cycle  assistant and told me that I did not get the ideal sleep. I said to myself- "oh good. I have to face this hectic day with not enough sleep? perfect." As I felt the exasperation and anxiety boil through my body, my smartwatch detected my mood (after seeing a spike in heart rate and blood pressure) and loged it with an application on my phone. My virtual assistant Siri, found the connection in those 3 independent information ( i. not having enough sleep, ii. hectict day based on my calendar, and iii. the change in my mood ) and decided it was time to pump me up. Siri then sent a command to my bluetooth speaker to play my favorite collection of motivational songs. As I was taking a shower, my phone was hard at work telling my coffee maker to start brewing, pulling the most recent traffic data to map out my route to w...