Did you know that mobile users will provide personalized data streams to more than 100 apps and services every day by 2017? Indeed, according to Gartner research director Brian Blau, wearable devices are expected to utilize mobile apps as their primary conduit for data exchange and user interface. As such, wearable devices will depend on […]
Forrester analyst JP Gownder says wearable devices will ultimately change the way workers do their jobs and how consumers manage their lives. “Every day (and surely this week), I talk to inventors, entrepreneurs and established vendors entering the wearables space. The dynamism I encounter in this space reminds me of the early days of the […]
Analysts at ON World expect 5 billion sensing Internet of Things (IoT) devices by 2019. “The Internet of Things is here,” ON World research director Mareca Hatler recently told CIOL. “There are thousands of applications today using millions of wireless sensing devices that create life enhancing changes in energy usage, security and safety, health and […]
Forrester analyst JP Gownder says wearables are just taking off and have a bright future ahead of them. “Sure, wearables are facing a hype bubble. So did the Internet; that didn’t make it any less significant in the long run,” Gownder opined in a recent blog post. “I’m impressed with the wide array of companies, […]
Forrester analyst Tim Sheedy confirms that smart, wearable technology is fast becoming mainstream. “In the past week alone, I’ve heard about devices that can improve your tennis swing, improve your posture, sense your presence, and generate energy from walking — not to mention the new smart watches, handheld 3D printers that can draw bones, smart […]
37-year-old Amal Graafstra doesn’t use a key, fob or password to access his car, home and PC. Rather, Graafstra simply waves his hands which are implanted with a number of RFID chips. “In the next 10 to 20 years we will see rapid development in bioengineered and man-machine interfaces,” Graafstra told Steve Johnson of the San […]
Angela McIntyre, research director at Gartner, has confirmed that digital health and fitness will be one of the hottest segments at CES 2014 – with 40 percent of exhibitor floor space expanded for the lucrative segment. “We expect to see some updates and innovation in wearable cameras, smart glasses, smart watches and headsets. We will […]
A new generation of solar-powered wearable electronics could soon be hitting the streets, with batteries inconspicuously woven into clothing fibers or incorporated into watchbands. As a recent article published in Nano Letters notes, electronic textiles have the potential to integrate smartphone functions into clothes, eyeglasses, watches and materials worn on the skin. Possibilities range from […]
Sensirion has joined Atmel’s extensive sensor hub platform ecosystem to boost the development of smarter devices for the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearables. As we’ve previously discussed on Bits & Pieces, Atmel’s sensor hub solutions combine inputs from different sensors, ranging from motion to environmental (such as Sensirion‘s humidity and temperature sensors). These sensor […]
element14 has chosen two winners from eight global finalists as part of its “Get Closer” Wearables Challenge. The contest challenged engineers, hobbyists and Makers to design a wearable project using Adafruit’s Atmel-powered FLORA. The two winners, announced earlier this week, developed a unique LED umbrella and ColorCam based on Adafruit’s versatile platform. The LED umbrella […]
