The document discusses wearable technology, including definitions and examples. It explores various applications of wearables in areas like health, lifestyle, education, and more. The document outlines both opportunities, such as new products/services and access to more accurate data, and challenges, including issues with adoption rates, privacy, security, and short battery life. It emphasizes that wearables are still aiming to improve efficiency, entertainment, comfort and other factors.

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2. Discussion Points
What is Wearable Technology?
Types of Wearable Technology
Wearable Technology applications
Opportunities and Challenges
The commercial strategy
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3. Wearable Technology; Wearable Tech; Wearables
What do you think it is?
(this is an actual question)
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4. Wearables: What devices do you think of?
Smart Watches
Health Trackers
Google Glass
Interactive Clothing
Gesture Controllers
Crazy Mind Readers
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5. Wearables: What are we trying to improve?
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6. Wearables: We’ve been doing it all along
‘Normal’ Watches
Bluetooth Headset
Glasses
Hypercolor T-Shirts
Prosthetics
Pacemaker
Headphones
Hearing Aids
Jewelry
Hats
Shoes
Backpacks
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7. Wearables: The concept isn’t new
WEARABLE TECH:
Not a new idea
Hugo Gernsback: “The Father of Science Fiction”
wearing his invention, TV Glasses in 1963
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8. Wearables: Where does it live in the ‘device’ world?
The Computer
The Phone
The Tablet
Other / Stuff / Things
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9. Wearables: Ubiquitous Computing
Ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) is
an advanced computing concept
where computing is made to appear
everywhere and anywhere.
It can occur using any device,
in any location, and in any format.
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10. Wearables: A part of Ubiquitous Computing
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11. The Internet of Things
Fashion
Education
Healthcare
Hardware
(form and sensors)
Utility
Social
Software
(UX and insights)
Lifestyle
Connected Home
Wellness
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12. Wearable Technology / Internet of Things
Smart
Appliances
Remote
Controls
Smart
Glasses
Gesture
Controllers
Smart
Watch
Smart
Phones
Sensor
Patches
Implants
Clothing
& Shoes
Tablets/Pills
Prosthetics
In the body
Electronic
Tattoos
Tablets and
Computers
iBeacons
Activity
Trackers
Smart
Jewelry
On the body
Authentication
Devices
Around the body
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13. Wearables: Lifestyle
Nymi
Sesame
Oakley Airwave
Galaxy Gear
FitBark
Filip
Philips VIBE
MYO
Instabeat
Kiwi Move
GolfSense
Google Glass
Hövding
Motorola Tattoo
Microphone
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Wearables: Health and Wellness
Nike Fuelband
Jawbone UP24
Basis Watch
Bones
Proteus
Implant Sensor
Lumoback
Danfoss PolyPower
Endolite Élan
Fitbit Force
iOptik
BodyGuardian
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15. Wearables: What does this mean for the smart phone?
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16. Smart Phone: For now, it’s the hub
Processing Power
Screen Size = UI/UX
Location Aware
Data Connection
Primary Utility
Consolidation
Cross-Functional
Has some sensors
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18. Wearables: We’re still trying to improve the same things
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19. Wearables: Opportunities
New products and services
More accurate data
Hyper-contextual targeting
Better decision making
Understanding Identity
Integration into workspaces
More advanced skill-sets
Actionable insights
Omni-channel strategy
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20. Wearable Lithium-Ion Battery
http://inhabitat.com/stretchable-lithium-ion-batteries-could-power-devices-inside-the-human-body/
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21. Wearables: Challenges
Critical mass adoption
Privacy invasion concerns
Security troubles
Analysis paralysis
Data/device fatigue
Low battery life
Highly personal real estate
Short attention span
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22. “Wristlet” (wrist watch): Uncool in the early 1900s
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23. Wearables: Tackling the commercial strategy
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Have a meaningful purpose
Problem or Opportunity
Physical Product
(what’s the motivation)
(fun, fiction, or fact)
(hardware, sensors, form factor)
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Data and APIs
Actionable Insights
User Interface
(recording and correlating inputs)
(machine learning and advice)
(software and hardware UI/UX)
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Feedback and Advice
Self-Actualization
Learning
(social influence and gamification)
(enabling, evidence, recognition)
(incremental behavioral change)
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24. Wearables: Some graphs to validate some stuff
Market Value
2012: $750m
2018: $5.8b
Market Share
North America: 43%
Asia / Europe: 49%
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25. Wearables: Think strategically about opportunities
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26. Check out these resources
Breaking down the wearables and internet-of-things ecosystems
http://stainedglasslabs.com/breaking-down-the-wearables-and-internet-of-things-ecosystems/
Wearable tech hits the office
http://mashable.com/2013/08/12/office-wearable-tech/
Wearable Tech: The next mobility market
http://www.wearabletechworld.com/topics/from-the-experts/articles/323855-wearable-technology-nextmobility-market-booming.htm
The man who foresaw science fiction
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/05/ralph-124c-41-a-century-later/
The future of wearable technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qFW4zwXzLs&feature=player_embedded
Creepy future? “Sight Contact Lenses”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJKwHAvR4uI
9 Trends to watch in wearable tech
http://gigaom.com/2013/01/19/9-trends-to-watch-for-in-wearable-tech/
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27. Man is the only creature
who refuses to be what he is
- Albert Camus
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