wearable technology

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I. Introduction:
Wearable technology is the kind of technology that can be worn by a customer. Although the idea of wearable technology is not new, it has been acknowledged that our time is the time for wearable devices and its new revolution in technology nowadays. This paper will keep an eye on wearable devices via Bill Wasik article “why wearable tech will be as big as the smartphones and it will argue the challenges and problems that has been represented in the article.
II. Is wearable technology popular?
According to Louisa Manalastas in her article “the explanation for recent wearable technology abandonment “The Guardian posted today that one-third of consumers are abandoning their wearable tech devices. The author, Charles Arthur references research from Endeavour Partners in which it states, “one-third of American consumers who have owned a wearable product stopped using it within six months.” Which means this technology is popular in the U.S. and most prefer to have devices with this technology. Many people acknowledge that it is time for wearable technology that can replace smartphones and other related technologies. Wearable technology (also called wearable gadgets) is not new, yet the idea has been around over the decade. It is also a sort of technology devices that can be worn by customer that can be worn by a consumer and often include tracking information related to health and fitness. This technology has made a revolution that make others acknowledge this technology is the future that will replace many devices such as smartphones.

The most common example for the usage of this technology nowadays is the smart watches, gesture-controlled armbands, and transmitting rings that have the same funct...

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...send weekly report to the users and give the users advice. Also, it possible for that device to be connected with healthcare provider or user doctor. This product can be connected to any smartphone and any laptop or tablet. It is also recommended for adult and teenagers. The idea of this product is not new, yet it contributes and collects the functions of many devices into one device that the users may use anywhere instead of many devices such as pressure measurer, and temperature. This product will avoid the disadvantage of other wearable devices such as the buttery. The buttery in many devices need to be charged many time a day. This is a huge disadvantage in this product that may make the users avoid to buy wearable products, yet in my product the long life buttery is needed and the fashionable style is important too. Besides, the price will be reasonable

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