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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)

Photocredit: hTp://diginomica.com/2014/06/12/assuring-‐trust-‐wears/#.VEEndOe7nMM


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


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


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)


(Photo credit: hTp://www.flickr.com/photos/25958224@N02/81228568630

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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