One of my favorite sci-fi series from my youth was Children of the Star (http://www.sylviaengdahl.com/cots.htm). SPOILER ALERT. She explored this concept with a society that was a technology-based-religion totalitarian system. Later on you find out that the only way to join the ruling class is by rebelling against the system hard enough to be sentenced to death for heresy, after which you find out the necessity of the political system and that only those that hate it are fit to rule, as they work to end it.

I'm surprised that there have not yet (to my knowledge) been any school lawsuits from pro-vax families. I know many schools have peanut-free areas. Could a family (or group of families) sue to have the school keep all the unvaccinated kids in a separate part of the school, eating at separate lunch areas, playing at separate playgrounds; in order to reduce the risk to the rest of the school?

I just keep my head down and eyes wide open while walking through the parking lot. The odds of buying a winning ticket are so small; I figure the odds of finding a winning ticket that's been dropped in the parking lot are not much less. Saves me money and has the added benefit of shielding me from all that annoying social contact as I walk from my car to my desk.

Most of those are provided by the Pebble. I've been wearing one for almost a year; I bought it as a peripheral for my phone.

Hardware
1. E-Ink display - good daylight visibility, flick your wrist to turn the light on.
2. Not inductive - contacts with a magnetic clip. Haven't seen any corrosion so far. Lasts almost a week on a charge.
3. Water resistant - I wear mine in the pool so I don't have to turn the ringer on my phone up.

Software
1. Time display always visible, depending on the display you load. I use several watch faces - large numbers when I'm driving, full time/date at my desk, analog just because.
2. Caller ID with ringer silence via button press. Probably apps available to accept call to speakerphone or respond with a text; haven't looked for them.
3. Remote control apps for most music players - start/stop/prev/next/volume. Also displays track info.

Hundreds of other apps if you want to get more involved. Price tag ($150) was a little high, but I think it was worth it. Still a lot cheaper then the numbers I've been hearing for some of the new smartwatches on the way.

I lose my bluetooth connectivity about once a week. I have a notification icon on the phone that tells me whether it's connected and there's an app somewhere that will buzz me on the watch when it loses the connection (haven't bothered to find it yet - hasn't been that much of a problem). Battery life has been fine - I charge it once a week. The only features I regularly use, besides the e-mail and SMS notification, is the remote for my music player. I use wired earbuds and it's nice to be able to pause the music without digging my phone out of my pocket.

I've had my Pebble for about 3 months and am very happy with it. I like wearing a watch and this device provides a simple remote notification display and limited-feature remote control for my Android phone. It's waterproof, lasts a week on a charge, and was inexpensive enough that I won't be heartbroken if it gets lost or damaged.

I'm a Pebble user; it's just a lightweight, wearable, waterproof remote display & remote control for my smartphone. I don't need it to be packed with processing power - that's what my phone is for. I need it to be rugged, easy to read at a glance, and cheap enough to replace when I trash it. So far, I've been very happy with its limited functionality, and have had no problems (at least, to my knowledge) with being perceived as rude by discreetly checking incoming texts and emails. It does draw a bit of attention when I use it to display my stored loyalty-card barcode for scanning at the supermarket. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad.

I wonder, however, if there would be a market for a hearing aid in a bluetooth earpiece form factor with a mic optimized for picking up external sounds and using your cell phone's processor for selective frequency boosting.

I've got root to all of our group's developement systems, as well as many production systems. I'm also know for my practical jokes and sometimes abilities to by-pass security systems. Though I've never presented myself as a risk to the company where I work (for almost 16 years, now), when I give notice, I expect to be immediately straitjacketed, put in leg irons, and wheeled to the door on a a hand-truck.