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Technology is moving off the desktop and on to the body. While technology already plays an essential role in our daily lives, new wearable technologies have the ability to take the relationship between people and technology even further. These emerging technologies could allow people to interact better with technology and, at the same time, enable more meaningful experiences by extending the reach of interpersonal and machine-to-person communication. The advantages of this new generation of wearables are many, e.g. they are hands-free, always-on, environmentally-aware, constantly connected, and attention-getting, there are also many drawbacks such as the constant urge to check the information the devices are providing. Even more important are the significant concerns regarding data privacy as well as moral, social and ethical issues.TRANSCRIPT
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GT BRIEFING November 2014: Wearables: Fab, fashion or func@onal?
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19+ million wearable compuCng devices will ship in 2014.
In 2018 shipments will increase to
about 112 million.
(Source: IDC)
Forrester Research predicts that the
interest in wearable devices will probably rise in 2015 but could decline as early as
2016. (Source: New York Times)
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With NO regulaCon personal, behavioral and
medical data may potenCally be sold to third parCes, such as employers, insurance providers, and other companies, without the users’ knowledge or
consent
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Fitbit, the fitness tracker, is collaboraCng with the luxury brand Tory Burch’s
Photo credit: hTp://www.fitbit.com/
Photo credit: hTp://www.nyCmes.com/2014/10/09/technology/personaltech/fashion-‐and-‐funcConality-‐meet-‐in-‐smart-‐jewelry.html?_r=2
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Wearables as a crime-‐figh@ng tool
Google Glass will be issued to detecCves of the Dubai police force so that they can uClize the device's facial recogniCon technology. The
American police force has also shown interest in using Google Glass as a crime-‐fighCng tool. (Source: InternaConal Business Times)
Financial services made easy
Spain’s Banco Sabadell has created a banking app for Google Glass that displays the nearest ATM,
allows the viewing of accounts, and supports 24/7 video conferencing, while others are tweaking their mobile banking apps for smart watches.
(Source: Bank InnovaCon)
Transforming workplaces
Service technicians on top of a wind turbine are tesCng smartglasses to access work orders and take photos while keeping their hands free. In potenCally dangerous areas like construcCon sites, smartwatches are being tested to monitor heart rates and provide
safety and locaCon-‐based alerts. (Source: InformaConweek)
Improving lives through wearables
Wearable device Endotheliometer will, when fully developed, be able to measure one’s overall health and could potenCally be used as a rouCne diagnosCc tool. It measures acCvity within the endothelium, the condiCon of which declines with age, so the device could monitor one’s mortality, aging and illness.
(Source: PSFK)
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Mark Gasson from the University of Reading holding the computer chip that was injected into his hand. (Photo credit and source: hTp://www.businessinsider.com/microchip-‐implants-‐in-‐healthy-‐people-‐2014-‐7)
Neil Harbisson who was born without the ability to see color, is a cyborg. He decided to “hack” his own body with a “eyeborg.” It translates color informaCon into sound and now he effecCvely hears colors instead of seeing them.
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func@onal?
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