...Mobile and Wearable Devices IT/200 Wearable Devices The use of wearable technology has increased massively within the last few years, from smartwatches, pedometers, activity trackers etc, there has been a demand for wearable technology so that consumers to be able to keep up with information that is important to them. In the past wearable technology were limited to one or two functions, whether you wanted to count your calories for the day or how many steps you have walked, now wearable technology are able to check your text messages, emails, and keep you updated with your fitness. Lets take a look at a few wearable devices. Apple Watch Released in 2015 the Apple Watch is one of the most popular wearable devices to date. The Apple watch is an all in one smartwatch that connects to a users Iphone and syncs important information such as text messages emails and photos. Users are able not only able to respond to their text messages from the watch, they can also use their voice to record an audio message to send as a reply and also the audio can be converted into text. Users are also able to download applications on the Apple Watch that they frequent use on their Iphones for easy use. With the watch connected to your smartphone by Bluetooth any notifications that are received on the Iphone will also be accessible from the watch, this great feature allows the user to never miss a call or message. The Apple Watch is also a health and fitness...
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...The wearable computing market: a global analysis By Jody Ranck CONNECTED CONSUMER Table of contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION HISTORY FITNESS AND WELLNESS DEVICES European sector Other areas of fitness WEARABLES IN THE ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT OPTICAL WARE SKIN SENSORS DISABILITY TECHNOLOGIES FASHION AND ALTERNATIVE PARADIGMS FOR COMPUTING THE INTERSECTION OF WEARABLES, GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT AUGMENTED REALITY AND WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES TRENDS COMPANIES TO WATCH KEY TAKEAWAYS ABOUT JODY RANCK ABOUT GIGAOM PRO FURTHER READING 3 4 6 7 8 9 9 10 12 13 15 17 18 19 22 24 25 25 26 The wearable computing market: a global analysis July 2012 -2 - CONNECTED CONSUMER Executive summary “During a Formula 1 race a driver experiences wrenching forces of more than 4.5G. His heart rate may exceed 180 beats per minute and his blood pressure could rise by half. With soaring temperatures inside the cramped cockpit he will also dehydrate, typically losing 2–3 litres of water during the race. Yet the driver must concentrate well enough to achieve lap times that might vary by just a tenth of a second. This is tough, on both mind and body. Hence it is not just the performance of the car itself which an array of sensors keeps an eye on, wirelessly transmitting data about the engine, suspension and so on to the pit crews. The drivers’ own vital signs are constantly monitored, too.” —Economist, Nov. 3, 2011 Wearable computing, or wearables, has recently moved from the realm...
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...Will 2015 be the year of wearable technology? * Article * Wearable technology = smart watches (Apple), use a headset to participate in virtual worlds (Oculus Rift), pay for purchases using a heartbeat reading wristband (Nymi which uses heartbeat as a password), & controlling the computer communicating with a wave from an armband (Myo to use arm gestures to flip through presentations, play games, or music players) * Eventually, headsets will allow sensors to connect to other parts of the body as well * Entering in access codes or passwords wastes time, creates bad experiences, & indulge in wasted energy trying to keep up with different passwords & pins or replacing them * Could lead to poorer controls * Technology is changing to tend to our needs by providing a more natural experience * Focus more on useful, entertaining & personal experiences * Very intuitive, easy & natural for people * User friendly, will tend to older generations that aren’t capable of knowing the ways of technology, as well as for mentally or physically impaired individuals * http://www.wired.com/2013/12/wearable-computers/all/ * Wearable technology replaces the power of smartphone by increasing accessibility, without the hardships of taking your smartphone out of your pocket or stopping you while doing activities (bicycle, swimming, hiking, skiing) * Wearable revolution could take faster...
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...Wearable Computing: The Next Big Thing in Smart Technology? Prepared for Edward Moss, Instructor ENGW 3304 Northeastern University Prepared by Varun Kukreja Northeastern University February 13, 2014 INTRODUCTION Ever since the development and introduction of wearable devices to consumers, much debate has evolved around its use compared to smartphones and other smart technology products. Dave Evans (2013) pointed out that while consumers begin to adapt to wearable technology, personal computing is getting even more personal, with electronic products and chipsets being attached to “clothing, jewelry, shoes, glasses, watches, and even on your skin” (Stedmon et al., 1999). Developments in wearable technology have indeed suggested that it is possible to fully integrate both physical and functional aspects of smart devices, thereby increasing their operational efficiency. These findings suggest that wearable technology has the potential to be far better than the smartphone...
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...We furthermore see expansions in quintessential technologies for instance Augmented Reality, Body Area Networks, Ambient Awareness, and Peer-to-Peer Communications as drivers for advancement in consumer awareness of significance and readiness to employ in original methods of communications, content, applications, and commerce. (Market Research Report, 2014) This exploration calculates the wearable technology marketplace with prominence on drivers and adoption within various industry verticals including consumer electronics, gaming and entertainment, clothing, sports and fitness, healthcare, industrial and enterprise, and the military. The report evaluates market players, market potential and presents forecasts through 2018 for wearable technology adoption and revenue. (Market Research Report, 2014) Target...
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...Enable whitelisting which is a software control that permits only known safe applications to execute commands. v. Dependencies: Earlier we discussed about Belkin WeMo device and its vulnerabilities. These devices operate using WeMo App which can be downloaded to our smart phone. In this case, to ensure security, we must determine vulnerabilities in both the gadget and the smart phone carrying the WeMo app. For example, vulnerability in the gadget can automatically make the smartphone to be in danger. Similarly, security hole in the app can take control of the WeMo device itself. III. Does this device have a storage space? What are stored in it? Smart devices has a storage space and we store PII (Personally identifiable information) or sensitive information like passwords in it. This by default becomes our concern. What if the device is lost or stolen? Once we understand, there are data stored in the device; the first...
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...GOOGLE GLASS- FUTURISTIC GADGET A SEMINAR REPORT ON “GOOGLE GLASS” A Seminar report submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements of IEEE format 2013. k.syndy k.kittu SUBMITTED TO: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY QUEST2K13 DEPT. OF CSE UNDER THE ESTEEMED GUIDENCE OF: Prof. T. vykunt DEPT. OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY CONTENTS * INTRODUCTION * DESCRIPTION * TECHNOLOGIES USED * APPLICATIONS * BENEFITS * COST * DISADVANTAGES * OVERVIEW * FUTURE SCOPE * CONCLUSION GOOGLE GLASS ABSTRACT: A sleek technology designed for the human face, Google Glass delivers a killer augmented reality experience that will undoubtedly have profound implications on how we interact with the world around us. Google Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality Head-Mounted Display (HMD). The intended purpose of Project Glass products would be the hands-free displaying of information. Google Glass is as futuristic a gadget we’ve seen in recent times. A useful technology for all kinds of people including handicapped/disabled. It is a project glass. INTRODUCTION: Google is currently in the phase of testing their new augmented-reality head-mounted display, known as Google Glass. Essentially, its a pair of glasses, with a camera...
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...282 ______________________________________________________________________________ SIXTH SENSE TECHNOLOGY Abhinav Sharma, Mukesh Agarwal, Anima Sharma, Sachin Gupta B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, JECRC Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, (abhi4u247@gmail.com) Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, JECRC Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, (mukeshsir@gmail.com) 3. Sr. Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering, JECRC Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, (animasharma2004@yahoo.co.in) 4. Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering, JECRC Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, (sachingupta.cse@jecrc.ac.in) 2. 1. Abstract: ‘Sixth Sense’ is a wearable gesture interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. Steve Mann is considered as the father of Sixth Sense Technology who made wearable computer in 1990. He implemented the Sixth Sense Technology as the neck worn projector with a camera system. Then his work was carried forward by Pranav Mistry (Ph.D student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab) [1]. Sixth Sense Technology may change how we look at the world forever. Sure, it is a system that projects information about what surrounds you over objects' surfaces, but it's also much more. By using a camera and a tiny projector, Sixth Sense sees what you see and visually augments any surfaces or objects we are interacting with [1]. The camera and the projector are coupled with a smart phone...
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...Future Trends in Health Care Schell D. Caradine HCS 533 March 3, 2014 Suzanne Paone Future Trends in Health Care Long ago patients relied on their doctor to provide them with information about his or her health condition. The patient took what the doctor told him or her at face value. When doctors began to implement computer systems in their offices, they would print off medical information for the patient to take home to read in order to have a better understanding of the diagnosis given by the doctor. Most times the doctor will have pamphlets that he or she provided to the patient. However, that is mostly a thing of the past. Patients are already armed with tons of information they obtained from the internet. Health care has changed drastically over the years. Advancements in technology played and continue to play a huge role in the ever-evolving delivery of health care. The internet empowers patients in many ways. Sites such as the Mayo clinic allows patients to research their symptoms and even find a specialist. Many health care organizations have patient portals that allow the patient to book appointments and communicate with their physician. However, it is not just patients who use the Internet for health care purposes. Health care organizations use websites and social media such as Facebook to connect with a large demographic of potential patients. Health care organizations can advertise new treatment programs they have available by using Twitter,...
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...HOW FUTURE IT TRENDS WOULD IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS BUSINESS STRATEGIES TO DRIVE INNOVATIONS, ADD VALUE AND GAIN COMPETITIVE EDGE? Chamika Waidyalankara (ECU ID: 10217155) ACBT – Semester II MBA5709 - Information System Challenges in Management Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Future IT Trends 4 Internet of Things 4 Cloud Computing 4 BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) 5 Enterprise Mobility 5 Big Data 6 Enterprise Social Networking 6 3D Printing 7 Wearable Computing 8 3.0 Uses and Impact of future technology on organizations 9 4.0 Published case studies and Observations 15 5.0 Key Findings 16 Changing customer landscape 16 Rise of collaborative models 16 Personalization of products and services 16 6.0 Conclusion 17 7.0 Bibliography and References 18 1.0 Introduction Information technology (IT) is an area in which new developments are taking place more and more rapidly. IT has gone through many evolution cycles and today we are in the era of Web 2.0 and 3rd Platform of IT. Technology we used during last decade has become museum exhibits and what was then showcased in Science fictions has become more reality today. Consumer and business tech are merging, where the two going to be barely separable. The 3rd Platform is changing the way we interact with everything. Speculating on what's going to happen over the next few years is of course entertaining. The future of business has always been driven by developments in technology, and the digital revolution...
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...of health information devices has positive impact on the delivery of healthcare. Since “the future of healthcare technology is now” (Glandon, Smaltz, & Slovensky, 2014, p. 27), developments in the production of healthcare information devices have been on the increase, popular, and widely used by patients and providers. Some of these devices, which include smart phones, computers, smart glasses like Google glasses, activities trackers, and wearable devices, have impacted and transformed the delivery of healthcare in ways that include cost of healthcare, access to healthcare, and quality of the care delivered. Introduction It is a common knowledge that developments in technology is continually changing, is responsible for globalization, helps with effective evaluation of business and decision-making, and enables the growth of information technology. Similarly, the areas of information technology and healthcare delivery are also presently active, developing, and constantly changing. As a result, the management of health information technology is currently enabling versatility in the delivery of healthcare, helping with the process of making it precise, tailored, effective, and efficient as it goes through enormous transformations. New innovations and dynamic changes in health information technology will play important roles in the future transformation of healthcare delivery, therefore, advances such as the use of health devices which include smart...
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...WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY – A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE Smart-wear is undoubtedly the buzz word of 2014 in the world of technological innovation. In an increasingly trendy world, fashion and technology have seamlessly fused into a winning combination producing wearable devices that are ‘smart’, which compute and add immense aesthetical value. Welcome to the world of Wearable Technology! Gone are the ages when computable technology was restricted to desktops and remained ensconced in the realm of Science Fiction. Indeed technology has reached within an arm’s reach both in the literal and figurative sense! Watches that indicate temperatures, T-shirts that light up with LED’s, Athletic gear that changes colour to show the intensity of workout etc were perhaps unimaginable even a couple of decades back. Today Google Glass, Apple’s iWatch, Nike Fuelband, Jawbone are just a few of the scores of products that have come up in the last few years that constitute Wearable Technology. The wide range of capabilities these devices can perform is quite staggering. For example Nissan is developing technology to provide a driver’s car data directly to the driver’s smartwatch. Wallaby which is a mobile and online credit card optimization solution for the Samsung smartwatch provides users with the ability to make financial decisions. The current global Wear-Tech industry is estimated to be worth around $4.5 Billion with a phenomenal expected growth rate. More than 100 million shipments of wear tech products...
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...iWatch'Situation'Analysis'Articles' ' ! Readings!for!Week!3!Class! ! ! You!are!asked!to!READ!ALL!of!the!articles!included!in!this!attachment!prior!to!coming!to!class!in!week! 3.!!Please!bring!a!copy!with!you!to!class!in!week!3.! ! Assume&the¤t&timeframe&is&before&the&launch&of&the&apple&watch.& ! There!have!been!many!rumors!that!Apple!may!be!considering!the!launch!of!a!wearable!device!such! as!an!iWatch.!!Wearable!computing!appears!to!be!the!latest!trend,!as!many!devices!have!exploded!in! popularity!as!they!look!to!change!the!way!we!stay!connected.!!Numerous!competitors!have!entered! the!game,!such!as!Samsung,!Sony,!i’m!Watch,!Pebble!and!others.! ! One!of!“The!latest!forecasts!suggest!that!the!demand!for!the!wristKworn!devices!known!as! "smartwatches"!will!increase!by!900!per!cent!over!the!next!12!months.!!According!to!Canalys’s! forecasts,!this!incredible!jump!KK!the!company!believes!that!over!5!million!smart!watches!will!be! shipped!by!the!end!of!2014!KK!will!be!created!by!new!products”!!Read!more!by!clicking!on!this!link:! http://www.ctvnews.ca/sciKtech/smartwatchKmarketKcouldKjumpKbyK900KinKtheKnextKyearKforecastK 1.1370745#ixzz2ZJrVlDaI!! ! Using'ONLY'the'information'contained'in'the'articles'that'follow,'conduct'a'situation'analysis'to' determine'whether'Apple'should'or'should'not'launch'a'wrist'wearable'smart'watch'(ignore'the' fact'that'they'have'launch'a'watch).''Be'sure'that'your'SWOT'analysis'supports'the' recommendation'you'make...
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...Germania Davis TI/200 January 18, 2015 JAMES FORGATH Mobile technology and wearable devices are taking the world by storm, the main developers Samsung, Apple, Nokia and Motorola are fight the first spot on the market. The technology is constantly evolving and adding new features that is even hard for the most technology savvy user to keep the trach, even when seen so easy for the youngest generation to catch up. It doesn’t seem so long ago when were mesmerized by what we can do with the Blackberry that is so hard to imagine that a BB is some of the past, that my nine years old daughter have never hear that word before today. Now we are not only talking about mobile technology about wearable technology. What is wearable technology? “While the clue's in the name, it doesn't quite tell the whole story. Wearable technology is clearly gadgets you wear, but there are important distinctions. Wearable tech isn't a trendy pair of headphones, for example, or a digital watch. The new age of wearables tap into the connected self – they're laden with smart sensors, and make use of a web connection, usually using Bluetooth to connect wirelessly to your smartphone. They use these sensors to connect to you as a person, and they help you to achieve goals such as staying fit, active, losing weight or being more organized.” (wearable.com 2015) Portability Battery life Apps capacity Usability Price Smartphone Smartphones...
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...measurement of a person’s BMI (Body Mass Index) in order to establish the state of their health and the risks associated with the outcomes (Klapow and Pruitt, 50). Furthermore, it is absurd and appalling to see how careless the lifestyles of people have become. Indulgence in alcohol and habits like smoking are a common feature in the society despite health warnings plastered all over such products and even on the media. In addition to drug substances, there are other health scares such as industrial gases and chemical emissions into the atmosphere which are subtle but lethal to our well-being health wise. To be ignorant of such devices as the effect of the food that we eat in causing more harm than good is no defense when one is taken in ill (Kowtaluk, 40). It is against such a background of health concerns that this health monitoring service through a wearable device comes in handy and is necessary...
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