DEVELOPING FOR WEARABLES!JEAN-LUC DAVID (@JLDAVID)

ABOUT ME

• 20 YEARS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE • SPECIALIZATION IN WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY • BUILT ONE OF FIRST STREAMING MUSIC APPS

FOR GOOGLE GLASS

BODY API - Y COMBINATOR HACKATHON

WHAT IS WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY?

• EYE WEAR • SMART CLOTHING (E-TEXTILES) • BRAIN SENSORS • WATCHES & WRIST • JEWELRY • EARBUDS & HEADPHONES • BIOMETRIC DEVICES • IMPLANTS & SMART TATTOOS

CANADA ROCKS WEARABLES

BECOMING A WEARABLES DEVELOPER

WORK WITH EXISTING TECHNOLOGY

BUILD YOUR OWNTECHNOLOGY

DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS

WEARABLES MOBILE

• SMALLER CPUS • CONSTRAINED OR NO DISPLAY • SIMPLIFIED USER EXPERIENCE • STREAMING DATA • APP STORE ECOSYSTEM • SENSOR PROGRAMMING • BLUETOOTH LE PROGRAMMING

HOW TO BEGIN

• BUY A WEARABLE DEVICE • LEARN JAVA AND C • HACKATHONS - TWITTER, EVENTBRITE, MEETUP.COM • EVENTS LIKE WE ARE WEARABLES, SMARTWEEK

BUILD YOUR OWN

• PROTOTYPING BOARDS  • ARDUINO LILYPAD  • RASPBERRY PI  • SMARTFUN & ADAFRUIT

3D PRINTING

• MAKELABS, 3DPHACKTORY • $2000 FOR SMALL 3D PRINTED ENCLOSURES • WET SANDING & SPRAY PAINTING

COMPLEXITIES & COSTS

• MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN SOFTWARE • 10K INJECTION MOULDING UNITS = $200K • MICRO-CONTROLLER EXPERTISE • INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IS HARD • BRIDGING CUSTOM HARDWARE & MOBILE IS HARD • YOU'LL NEED FUNDING FOR A HARDWARE STARTUP

QUESTIONS?JEAN-LUC DAVID

JLDAVID@GMAIL.COM @JLDAVID

!CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR

WEARABLES OR MOBILE PROJECTS