Lots of tech news bits and pieces out there over the last few weeks, but many of them are coming back to one central technology theme – wearable computers and in this weeks regular radio segment David Dowsett of ABC Wide Bay and Capricornia and I chatted about Facebook’s recent acquisition of Oculus Rift for $2 billion, a heads up display tech company started in 2012 that has yet to produce a finished commercial product and its $19 billion payment for WhatsApp, an instant messaging service that pushes out around 29 billion messages per day and has 400 million active users.

And if we needed a case study to show what these and other allied technologies may be used for, we took a look at the most connected man on the planet who has himself connected to between 300 – 700 systems at any given time and is constantly monitoring his health and vital signs. He claims over the past few years as a direct result of the real time infomration his gotten about and from his body he has re-educated himself into better life choices, lost 100 pounds and learned to meditate.

And finally we took a look at the efforts of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to back up all of the worlds seeds and plants and house for them posterity.

As always a lively and interesting look ahead, so have a listen now and be sure to share your best future and tech news stories with me for inclusion in our next FutureTech segment.