3. A heated jacket that was curated by Polo Ralph Lauren can
be as high as $900. The design is called the “RL Heat
Puffer’. From the outside, the jacket looks like a regular
puffer jacket. The technology is greatly hidden within the
interior of the jacket. The jacket even also has a little
pocket where you can charge a battery pack for your
phone. It came out in January of 2019 during the Olympic
games. The jacket has Bluetooth, so your phone controls it.
The creators of the Ralph Lauren heated jacket says the
battery life can last up to three hours.
4. Heated jackets have been in the tech world for a while, but
Ralph Lauren is the only one who have seemed to truly
master the technique of the heated jacket. Ralph Lauren’s
team didn’t make the jacket with any big wires. They used a
carbon and silver ink conductor that is made into the
fabric. Ralph Lauren feels that this new technique of
flexible carbon silver ink can be used for other clothing in
the near future.
5. The other perk that comes with the Ralph Lauren heated
jacket unlike others, is the free app that allows you to
adjust the heat settings in the jacket. Ralph Lauren’s new
RL Heat Puffer is the start of new innovation in high-end
fashion. Ralph Lauren developed the RL Heat Puffer to
have a reputation as one of the tech-forward high-end
brands.
7. Amazon Cashierless StoreAmazon has opened
twenty-five cashier-less grocery stores around the
United States. Amazon has created “just walk out”
technology. The first Amazon Go Grocery store
opened in Seattle, Washington. The store will allow
consumers to shop like a regular grocery store.
The consumer will use the Amazon Go app to scan
in before they enter the store before they shop.
8. While the consumer grocery shops, cameras,
and sensors are able to track the items that are
taken off of the shelves and those items appear
in the shopper’s cart. When it is time for the
consumer to leave the store, the consumer can
leave without checking out because the card on
file will be charged. The way that Amazon is able
to make the grocery store cashiers is by A.I.
driven technology.
9. This technology is to allows Amazon to offer its
consumers to shop and pay without having to
stand in lines. This can save consumers time.
Amazon says the A.I. technology used in the
stores can allow store staff to do duties that are
more resourceful. A.I. allows for easy operation
for consumers.
11. Microsoft, snap, Facebook, Google, Apple, Magic Leap
and Amazon are all companies that are currently
working on trying to perfect smart glasses. And use
those in replace of computers. These tech companies
believe that smart glasses would be beneficial to
consumers due to the size and price. Smart glasses
would be cheaper and easily accessible than big laptops
that the consumer would have to carry around.
12. Theres a race right now of which tech company will be the
first to actually perfect and produce the product of smart
glasses. Everything so far that had been produced, for
example, A.R. headsets are still too big, expensive, and dont
look sleek or fashionable. Microsoft is currently in the works
on producing A.R. products. The Microsoft Halo Lens Two is
currently being tested by the Army to help them train for
being on the battlefield. Right now the Halo Lens 2 is too big
and expensive for regular consumers to buy.
13. Snap has glasses called Spectacles Three that allow
consumers to take pictures and videos by just using their
glasses. After the consumer takes the shot, Snap then gives an
option to use an augmented reality effect. Google’s glasses
are able give out information to the consumer, but not
augmented reality. Some consumers did not like that the
Google glasses were recording them. Just like Miscrosoft,
Magic Leaps headset is too bulky for regular consumers. Their
produc came out in 2018. Magic Leap’s glasses are mainly
used for gaming. The A.R. feature in the Magic Leap glasses
allows the consumer to still walk and see people while also
being able to watch TV and more.
14. Even though Apple is one of the tech companies that is
working in smart glasses, they have yet to produce
anything just yet. Their product will launch in 2022.
Facebook is the most successful company that has
produced smart glasses. Facebook’s smart glasses
allow you to be in a completely different digital world.
Facebook teamed up with Luxottica to develop these
glasses. Amazon’s smart glasses look the most normal
out of all the products. The smart glasses look like
regular lenses but have a speaker where Alexa is built
in.
