Certain times technology advances in a way which can briefly shock you, before you step-back and realise this is the future. ‘Monolith’ – a hardware device which tracks your “real life” engagement from users and customers, categorising by various criteria such as gender and age, is a perfect example of one of these technologies.

The hardware side of Monolith is actually just a Microsoft Kinect housed in the company’s own grey, subtle casing –...