For years now the military has taken advantage of the use of wearable technology. Soldiers have been wearing sensors in their uniforms and cameras in their helmets. When it was noticed that such devices were fairly cheap to make, app developers and manufacturers decided to bring it to the market in 2013. Companies such as Google, Samsung, and Sony have been quick to jump onto the bandwagon. Google has created their idea of wearable technology in their launch of “Google Glass”. The high tech glasses can do almost anything computer can do such as navigation, make calls, take pictures, record videos as you see them and even video chat. Other developers have created their renditions of “smart watches”. All of them are based upon the same concept, which is putting majority of your features from your mobile devices right at your wrist, yet keeping the simplicity of a watch. To contrary belief watches and glasses are not the only installments made to wearable technologies, some places have made t-shirts that charge phones and vest that allow patients monitoring in hospitals.
Many are wondering how these devices can be anything other than a fashion trend. The wearable technology revolution is much more than a way to access your cellular device or computer right at your wrist or eye glasses, it can also be beneficial when it comes to health of the elderly. It has been said that in many parts of the world, people are trying to figure out technologies that can help with care for the elderly (Apex, 2013). Wearable technology comes in to play a vital role because they can help monitor the patient and can also have alarms installed in them that can prevent medical emergencies (Apex, 2013). In some hospitals they have used a Spanish inventio...
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Note. Distracted driving statistics. Reprinted from “DWI: Driving While Intexticated - Infographic,” by K. Marino, 2012, from http://www.onlineschools.com/in-focus/driving-while-intexticated, 2012 by Online Schools. Adapted with permission.
Distracted driving includes not only texting and calling, but also eating, navigation, and conversing with passengers. (Idaho Transportation Department). This is a serious problem, and danger to not only ourselves, but those around us. On any given day between when the
Furthermore, Under Armour’s goal is to expand their wearable watches and bracelets into built-in sensors that go into the clothing they create. This product will allow consumers to be accessory free and still will be able to track their activity levels. This innovative idea will surely bring in consumers, and provide Under Armour with the push they need to directly compete
A smart phone has an enormous amount of abilities for the public to use to their advantage, and many are doing just that. In a survey in 2014, smart phone owners talked about how they used their phones in the past year. Of the users surveyed, 62% of them said that they looked up information about a health condition. Over ninety percent of every age group had sent a text and made a voice or video call to another person (Smith). Smart phones usage for everyday endeavors is the future, and the future starts
Statistics show 16- to 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger, which is due to distracted driving. Taking your eyes off the road for 2 (two) seconds, at 60 mph, means you have driven blindly for half the length of a football field. The risk of fatality is 3.6 times higher, when they are driving with passengers than when alone. For many years, the correlation between driving behavior and age has interested highway safety researchers and administrators. It is general knowledge that the greatest risk of motor vehicle crash...
Smartphones are something we could not live without in our world today. You cannot leave the house without worrying where your smartphone is or even go to bed without making sure it is on the charger. Almost everyone you know has a smartphone, but technology has come a long way since the first smartphone was invented. Most people think of the company Apple Inc. when they hear the word smartphone, but believe it or not, they were not the first ones to invent it. In 1992, the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) created the first mobile phone to incorporate PDA features that include receive faxes and emails, have a calculator, address book, appointment calendar, and a note pad (Sager, 2012). This device was called the Simone Personal
Each day in the United States, over 8 people are killed and 1,161 injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver (Distracted Driving). There are a few different
We as a society need to all take responsibility when we are on the road and avoid the many temptations and distractions surrounding us. Distracted driving is dangerous plain and simple. Some may be willing to take the risk because they have never had an accident while behind the wheel. But it’s
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Is technology going to become the revolution and the epicenter of our planet? The clock is ticking, the work is piling up, and with only a few hours to go before sunrise you stop and realize that you have just absorbed almost nothing. Some would agree when I say that this situation encapsulates one of the common problems in this era. Although with the help of technological progress, not only has every aspect of life gotten faster but more efficient. However, these advancements are not to take for granted. Most people do not realize the complexity of the processes that occur when they use technologies like the Internet or computers. Nevertheless, are the devices that people use in their day-to-day lives essential? As generations come and go, they each possess a value that strikes apart from one another. In this generation it is crucial that technology is simply ubiquitous. You can find technology anywhere; at school, a store and even at your local hospital. Technology has provided us with many advancements in our health care, there are plenty of medical technology uses in our health care. Not long ago, people started wearing wristbands that recorded the number of steps they took, their heart rates and sleep cycles. But not only did these bands help the patients, they paved the way for a new generation of gadgets that have become tools to improve health care delivery and outcomes. As you can see technology provides us to many of our enhancements in our medical field. The benefits of technology on our health care is that it contributes to our new health innovations, offers us information technology, and better patient care.
Wearable computing is the next step to the computer revolutionary world. At MIThril lab, they are working on a wearable computer. Like a sleeveless winter coat or a sweater, they are working toward they goal. With the complicated project, they don’t know the finishing line yet. But with every step the MIThril team takes, they freely document and post on the web for worldwide access. The name MIThril derives from the fictional classic The Hobbit and Lord of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. As comfortable and unnoticeable as the Dwarves’ ring-mail tunic, MIThril’s team promises our gifted society the future clothes of electronic.
Having said about the special features of the Apple watch, there are few notions making rounds on the internet. Some consider it as a part fitness band and part fashion accessory. Some say it is just another wearable gadget watch like Samsung watch and others. But Tim Cook and his troop claims it is the most personal device ever. Until it releases in the spring 2015, it is upon us to decide which school of thought we want to follow. As its price and battery power are not much revealed, we must wait till its release to clarify our doubts and decide whether we should buy it or
One of the foremost challenges in the macrocosmic punter of Astute Wearable Technology in market is the design constraints of wearable contrivances because a substantial amount of patrons use mundane wearable accompaniments such as watches, jewels wristbands, and glasses to make a verbal expression about their personal distinctiveness. In this case, the wearable ingression reflects the rage of the current users for the most part of astute wearable contrivance manufacturers are fixated on technology relatively than on design. For illustration, most of the astute watches scuttle on processors and apparatus that are premeditated for Smartphone’s so they are bulkier than a customary watch equipollently .smart wearable
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For once again in the new year of 2014, the market is completely ready to be inundated with new gadgets with newer innovations. The New Year shall be hot for the smart watches. Apple is ready to launch its flexible smart watch causing a bang in the market, while Samsung could launch its flexible phone in other markets of the world after introducing it in Korea. The people mad after gadgets are too restless to know about iPhone of Apple and of galaxy 5 from its main competitor. Let us know about these top gadgets.
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