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A fast car, a tight bend and a demonstration of Apple’s fall detection system…..

Can you exist without cash? Electronic payments for trifling amounts are now commonplace, thanks largely to the total acceptance of swipe cards and smart devices such as the Apple Watch. We are moving inexorably to a point where cash will be an curiosity, a payment method of last resort…..

Who would have imagined that you could take a medical-grade electro-cardiagram as often as you like, just by using a thin sensor and an iPhone? The Kardia Mobile ECG monitor has been approved both in the US and UK as a medical device and is being recommended by general practitioners.

Mike is one of 6,000 arrhythmia sufferers who participated in a study involving the Apple Watch's heart-monitoring capabilities. The University of California has now proved that the Watch is ultimately capable of diagnosing atrial fibrillation with 97% accuracy......

Since buying the first-generation Apple Watch Mike has become addicted to health monitoring. As he explains, this is not just for the hypochondriac but for all of us who are interested in preventive medicine.

My computer is telling fibs. "Unlocking with Apple Watch" is just like "the cheque is in the post". 

My steel Apple Watch has been strapped to my wrist now for four months and, as I wrote two months ago, I am addicted. I like it for many things. First, it looks good, especially with the newly acquired Milanese Loop band to complement the steel body. Second is its ability to track activity.

Just splashed out on a 42mm Gold Edition Apple Watch at a cool £8,000? Happy? Well, you could have had an even bigger golden beast, a monstrous 55mm of it, for a mere twenty quid. In fact, you could have 400 of them.  Enter the RoHS Gold Edition direct from China. A friend in Greece ordered this at a cost of €29 plus €3 shipping. What a bargain.

I've been fretting about not having a credit or debit card enabled for Apple Pay. Last week there was a flurry of activity and I found that I had two likely suspects in my wallet so I decided to have a go.

Although I was extremely happy with the black sport band that came with my steel Apple Watch, I had a hankering for something a bit more dressy: A strap that would make the watch look more like a desirable Swiss timepiece.