Wearable Technology

Definition
• Wearable technology is also called wearable gadgets.
• Wearable technology is any kind of electronic device designed to be
worn on the user’s body. Such devices can take many different forms,
including jewelry, accessories, medical devices and clothing (or
elements of clothing).
• Trackers,sensors
• History
• In 1961, Edward Thorp and Claude Shannon created their own version
of wearable technology – a computer small enough to fit into a shoe.
Designed to help them cheat at a game of roulette, the computer was
a timing device to predict where the ball would land.
• In 2000 introduce Bluetooth handset and Nike iPod
• In 2010 wearable technology exploded and introduce google glass,
smart watch.
Wearable Fitness Trackers

wearable fitness trackers, are wristbands equipped with sensors to

keep track of the user's physical activity and heart rate. They provide
wearers with health and fitness recommendations by syncing to various
smartphone apps.
Smartwatches
• Smartwatches are likely the most commonly-known and most
commonly-used wearables in the workplace today. Connecting a
smartwatch to a smartphone enables the wearer to read and send
new messages from their watch, eliminating the need to hold and
view one’s phone.
Ufone Uwatch
• Ufone’s UWatch is primarily aimed at keeping the kids connected with
parents when they are away, and that too without the need of
smartphones.
• Main Features of UWatch
• Real time tracking
• Voice calling (Parent’s to kids)
• Fast Dial Emergency SOS Calling (Kids to Parents)
• Safe Zones / Geo Fence
• Tracking History Playback
• Battery time of up to 2 days
Smart Jewelry
Bellabeat Leaf Urban 
• The Bellabeat Leaf Urban is a beautiful pendant that is wearable in many different ways. It can be
worn as a necklace, a clip or even a bracelet. The body has a solid feel and is made of wood
composite.
• It’s an activity tracker and sleep monitor with some additional helpful features. The stress
sensibility feature is very clever. It detects when you get too stressed and it will remind you to do
some breathing exercises or meditate to reduce your anxiety.
Smart Clothing
• Nadi X yoga pants
• If you don't have a good instructor, or if you try to do it yourself, you
could find yourself in over your head. Sydney-based startup Wearable
X's Nadi X pants, however, want to solve that.
• Smart jackets
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In Future
• Our pants might one day become smart enough to use the thermal
energy our bodies naturally produce to charge our cell phones.
Wearable technology in fashion is showing us that tech can be smart
and sophisticated all at once.