In the 21st century, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are becoming commonplace. Both are becoming more important components of current workout routines. AI has become intrinsically connected to health and fitness. AI, according to technologists, improves everything. When it comes to fitness, it has the potential to empower the app by dramatically increasing engagement, which may lead to long-term income.

Anything you do online can come back to bite you. It's been a decade full of lessons: who to trust, when to speak out and how to stream big events online after you've broken up with your cable company. In 2010, the first iPhone was only three years old. Uber and Lyft didn't exist, and neither did Google Assistant and Siri, Instagram or streaming video. We've come a long way since then, but the next 10 years won't be easy.

Healthcare technology, aka healthtech, is rapidly transforming the way healthcare services are accessed and delivered across the world, particularly to the vulnerable populations in the low and middle-income countries. Health technologies and interventions are critical elements that expand access to effective and affordable health services whilst simultaneously catalyzing efforts to achieve the goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). With the advent of electronic health records or digital records, concerns regarding the security and ownership of the sensitive health data have also arisen. For the medical data to be stored and accessed safely, healthcare providers and consumers are utilizing blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrencies that significantly increases transparency and security by storing and distributing data to all participants across the entire supply chain. Besides data security, the distributed ledger technology is also being used to curb the menace of drug counterfeiting.

When you create an algorithm, you don't see how the decision you create with the algorithm impacts the individual." Population health is slowly, but surely, displacing individual healthcare, despite what the glossy brochures say. Everything is being measured from individual heartbeats to the number of patients a doctor sees per day to the length of hospital stays. According to the annual Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index, individual well-being declined in 21 U.S. states in 2017, the largest year-to-year decline since the index began in 2008.

Smart devices, or IoT-enabled devices such as fitness bands that monitor your daily activity and speed trackers in vehicles, could soon play a part in deciding your insurance premium. A report by a working group set up by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has batted for the use of wearable devices for life insurance and health insurance policies as they can provide a regular stream of data about the policy holder. "Insurers may develop frameworks/models using wearable data throughout the life cycle of the insured and help in building attractive product propositions, and also monitor experience throughout the policy term," the report noted, adding that for health insurance such devices can play an equally crucial role as insurers, at present, only have a point in time data through medical tests or self disclosures. The working group to examine innovations in insurance involving wearable or portable devices was set up in January this year, and has examined a range of devices, including fitness bands, skin patch sensors, smart contact lenses, medical e-textiles and even implantable devices. Similarly for non-life insurance, such as motor cover, the report noted that the use of IoT devices and Artificial Intelligence would not only help improve assessment of underwriting risk by tracking the driving habits of the insured, but can also lower fraud risk and improve claim handling.

Indian startup Boltt is claiming to have a fitness tracking system so complete that it'll force you to ditch your Fitbit, Jawbone or Moov system - all through the power of artificial intelligence (AI). The new company is offering a smart show, stride sensor and fitness band that it says will give 24-hour insights into your health and activity - and doing so all for $150 (around £120 / AU$200). Yes, you read that right: a pair of'high performance functional sports shoes', and embedded stride sensor packed with the latest accelerometers and a fitness band that can monitor sleep, automatically detect activity and monitor your heart rate. It's a lofty goal, but the brand has worked with Garmin to improve the stride-tracking accuracy and even offers payment systems through embedded payment technology (essentially, NFC in the band). We've seen all that before, but the really exciting prospect here is'B', Boltt's AI chat-bot system that will interact with you daily as a 24-7 coach to give insights into nutrition, sleep and training.

From new wireless earbuds to virtual assistants built into speakers a lot of what we saw seemed like a glimpse of a better future. But what if someone actually made the tech we dream of? Here's the products we'd love to see in 2017. Scraping the water off your hands with blades of air is great, but what if Dyson's hand dryer technology could be applied on a larger scale? What better way to wake up in the morning than walking out of the shower through a human-sized Airblade?