Look in the mirror, says demographer Faith Popcorn in “Flying into the Future,” five trends to watch in 2014. Popcorn predicts that the line between device and human will vanish as wearable technology becomes implanted, presenting extraordinary opportunities in health care.

The upshot of this movement will be a new medium, the “Me Medium,” and she predicts that internal technology will connect the user to the Internet at all times, preserving, for example, intellectual legacy for sufferers of dementia.

“iGod”, her term for this omnipresent internal technology, will revolutionize the realm of wellness; already in existence, in-tooth sensors will provide data to physicians, payors and consumers. With this unprecedented access to bio data, we will see the “gamification of death” as we seek “extra lives” by eating healthfully. When our time approaches—which will be eminently clear through the constant flow of health information—we will consult “death concierges” to create an extraordinary send-off.

As a result of this merging of flesh and function, she predicts a new medical credential will emerge, MDT, Medical Doctor of Technology.

Access “Flying into the Future” for the complete list of trends to watch in 2014.