Warning in your car may be about you

Health information, such as blood sugar, is available on smartphone apps. It also can be displayed on center-stack screens.

July 20, 2014 05:00 AM

DETROIT -- As far as the auto industry is concerned, "wearables" such as Google Glass or the iWatch seemed like inventions in search of a mission.

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