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CONSUMER REPORTS: Wearable technology allows users to always be connected - October 26, 2014 The smartphone has integrated itself into our lives so thoroughly that many of us would feel naked leaving the house without it. Consumer Reports notes that a recent International Data Corp. survey of smartphone owners found that 79 percent keep their device with them for all but two of their waking hours. This near-obsessive need to stay connected is one of the drivers behind a new category of electronics, known collectively as wearables. This past spring, online retailer Amazon created a dedicated store for wearable tech. Google has launched a version of its mobile operating system called Android Wear to speed development of these products, and Apple recently launched its own health and fitness-oriented smart watch. One device seems to embody all of the potential of wearable electronics for both convenience and cyborglike strangeness.
What’s Hot in Wearable Technology Wearable technology – clothing and accessories that incorporate advanced technology – is a hot topic in the tech world at the moment. Calculator watches defined this category in the 1980s. Fast-forward two decades later and this field is being driven by a revolution in computing power that allows technology to become increasingly accessible, usable and, above all, wearable. Oculus Rift, the virtual reality head-mounted display bought by Facebook for $2.3billion, Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, the Android-based smart watch, and the widely anticipated Google Glass are just some of the popular technologies that are getting people excited. I was lucky enough to attend the Wearable Tech Conference in Tel Aviv in mid-May, which featured long standing experts in this field, as well as some of the hottest start-ups working in this area. Here is a brief roundup of the discussion and some hot start-ups that were showcased at the conference:
Wearable technology Wearable technology, fashionable technology, wearable devices, tech togs, or fashion electronics are clothing and accessories incorporating computer and advanced electronic technologies. The designs often incorporate practical functions and features, but may also have a purely critical or aesthetic agenda.[1] History[edit] Wearable Technology That Feels Like Skin Photo When it comes to the future of computing, there is one major known and a principal unknown. The known, with almost guaranteed certainty, is that the next era of computing will be wearables. Wearable tech and its growing popularity There is nothing wrong to say that technology is blooming at an extremely fast speed. The time has actually gone when there was a strict upper limit on the use of technology. In the present scenario, technology is so common that you can even watch people using the same as fashion accessories and clothes. It may seem strange but it’s totally true. It’s called wearable tech and there are lots of examples of same and some of them include: Touch screen watchesWearable smart phonesComputerized glasses
Nike and Apple working on ‘stylish’ new wearable technology Apple and Nike are working on new item of wearable technology that will have greater integration into existing gadgets, and is less obvious and more “stealth”, according to the Nike chief executive, Mark Parker. Nike has long been making wearable technology, originally partnering with Apple for its Nike+ running sensor range in 2006, which connected wirelessly to the iPod. Nike discontinued its FuelBand fitness-tracking bracelet in April, shutting down the team that made it, which saw two of its key engineers move to Apple to work on the Apple Watch. But Parker is still bullish on wearable technology as a key part of Nike’s future. “I think it’s going to be a big part of the future, absolutely,” said Parker in an interview with Bloomberg TV. “I think the form it takes is critical.
Wearable Technology - UK and US Facts & Figures Wearable technology is getting more and more prominent. Google is quite successful with Google Glass (while still not available to the public), Samsung has just released the Galaxy Gear smartwatch, and Apple is rumored to be working on a similar concept – iWatch. Although this kind of technology is still in its early stages, people seem to like, buy and wear it.