The distance between your wrist and pocket is exactly $300

What just happened? Did we suddenly move to a new universe where spending minimum $300 on a gimmicky technology gadget is normal? Actually that isn’t new at all – the gadgets seem to change with the season. It seems as though the latest “it” gadget with a $300 price tag can easily go to $15,000 for the fancy version – and this device likely won’t last for more than 3 years!! Even if it does, it will have become obsolete.

Let’s jump back to the fanfare of announcements on Monday, March 9th where Apple staged another of their famous adjective shows. (For the last year adjective show, check this video out )

So what ‘game changer’ products has the innovation giant Apple unveiled? Wow. A watch and a laptop.

As per usual, Apple was certainly able to pack many engineering wonders into very smaller and slicker packages. Both devices are an example of a feast of design and engineering wonders which shows just how much design talent billions of dollars in a bank can buy. Interestingly enough, the day of release of the “Apple Watch” (please note that it is not an iWatch), replicas were released on Alibaba website for about $40, fake gold and all.

With the watch widely expected to be released and competing “smart watches” available at your local Best Buy for months, was this whole event a big waste of time? Well quite contrary, it turns out that it wasn’t.

Apple released ResearchKit, which went almost completely unnoticed. What is it? It is software that enables researchers to write mobile applications and collect data through iPhone about your health and your surroundings (stupid Apple Watch is optional). All the data will be collected anonymously through ResearchKit and transferred directly to the scientist. There are already numerous health and other research organizations involved in the program. So far, the initial research targets are Asthma, Parkinson’s Disease, Diabetes, Breast Cancer and Heart Disease. Since Apple has sold over 70 million iPhones during the first quarter of 2015, that means that we have at least 70 million people around the world who can help to find cure for at least one disease.

And that part of the announcements was pretty cool, Apple.