WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY
WHAT IS WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY
. The recent unveiling of the Apple Watch is just
an early breakthrough of mainstream attention for an industry that may well be
in its infancy, but one that has been bubbling away for more than 60 years and
is set to explode like no technological revolution has ever done before.
HISTORY:
The idea of wearable technology is nothing new and
can be traced back to the 19th century, as Paul Lamkin reports. Academia is
littered with forward-thinkers predicting a communication revolution centred on
devices worn on the self, while the popular media have been throwing up ideas
of how these gadgets might look and operate for decades.
But we’re finally at a point where these prophecies
are ringing true. The recent unveiling of the Apple Watch is just an early
breakthrough of mainstream attention for an industry that may well be in its
infancy, but one that has been bubbling away for more than 60 years and is set
to explode like no technological revolution has ever done before.
ITS LIMITS:
No one actually knows where it will take us to but
Wearable sensors could one day interpret the gestures in sign language and
translate them into English, providing a high-tech solution to communication
problems between deaf people and those who don’t understand sign language.
Examples:
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