3. WEARABLES MARKET
The wearables market is taking off and we
are seeing massive adoption in M2M-
embedded sensors that will allow
monitoring of applications in hospitality,
travel, healthcare, sports and fitness,
military operations, athletics, etc.
What’s next?
4. MARKET GROWTH
On a whole, MarketsandMarkets says the
global wearable electronics market revenue
is expected to cross $8 billion, and the total
unit shipment is expected to exceed 130
million units globally by 2018.
5. SMARTWATCHES
Strategy Analytics says the smartwatch
category will be the largest category,
reaching 71 million units in 2018, and
accounting for 46% of global wearable
device shipments.
6. EXPEDITED LAUNCHES
In order to help bring wearable devices to
market faster, tech companies are creating
development kits.
For example Salesforce.com created
Salesforce Wear a new software kit for
developers.
7. HEALTHCARE
The healthcare wearables market, in
particular, is growing at an unprecedented
level and healthcare professionals need to
stay educated.
8. TOP INDUSTRIES
Is 2014 going to go down as the year of
Wearable Technology?
– Gamification
– Glasses/fitness
– Smart clothing
– Health monitoring
– Health management
– Empowering patients