WEARABLE TECH
FASHIONING THE FUTURE
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WEARABLE TECH
FASHIONING THE FUTURE
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WEARABLES?!? LIZA KINDRED
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WEARABLES?!? LIZA KINDRED
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SO MUCH HYPE
SO MUCH MEH
SO MUCH MATTERS.
HERE’S HOW TO THINK ABOUT IT.
What is Wearable Tech?
WHAT IS IT?
PART OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS
http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/61974168734/im-testing-a-new-all-purpose-new-yorker-cartoon
PART OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS
Ingestibles
INGESTIBLES
WEARABLE TECH IS
TECHNOLOGY DEVICES
THAT WE WEAR ON (OR IN?) OUR BODIES
SO MUCH HYPE
!
1OF
5US ADULTS
AN INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE
ALREADY HAS
Source: Forrester
!
Source: Patrick Tucker
MORE CONNECTED DEVICES
(SINCE 2008)
THAN HUMAN
BEINGS
!
OF US & UK
WEAR THEM NOW
Source: Rackspace
18%
!
GROWTH IN DEMAND
FROM 2012 TO 2013
Source: WGSN
400%
!
CONNECTED DEVICES
BY 2018
Source: BI Intelligence
9BILLION
!
IN 3 TO 5 YEARS
Source: Credit Suisse
50BILLION$
!
CONNECTED DEVICES
Source: Business Spectator
26BILLION
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS
IN REVENUE
SO MUCH HYPE
SO MUCH MEH
SO MUCH MEH
UM
DO WE NEED THAT?
UM...
Device Overload
STALKING ME
QUIT
IT’S JUST NOT
THERE YET
IT’S JUST NOT
THERE YET
THE FUTURE
IS NOT THE PRESENT
—MATT LAKE
1462
WHERE’S MY
JETPACK?
SO MUCH MATTERS
BUILDING WEARABLE TECH
VALUES
BUILDING WEARABLE TECH
VALUES
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NO MORE
NOVELTY
NO MORE
NOVELTY
NO MORE...
BRACELETS
TRACKERS
NEW DEVICES (MAYBE)
CREATE UTILITY
...OR JOY
BUILD ON STANDARDS
BE OPEN
FUTURE PROOF THAT SH*T
FUTURE PROOF THAT SH*T
FUTURE PROOF THAT SH*T
DESIGN FOR CONTEXT
PROVIDE
SECURITY
BUILD FOR THE NETWORK
DESIGN FOR
HUMANS
BLEND
FASHION
WITH TECH
BUILD IT TO LAST
NARROW THE DIVIDE
MAKE SOMETHING
THE WORLD
NEEDS
THANKS!
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Wearable Tech Fashioning the Future