JAWBONE EXO ECOSYSTEM A tool for Jawbone to shape the future of wearable technologies Project from “The Augmented Body”, Master of Science’s thesis. Politecnico di Milano. 2013
HARDWARE
More than a decade ago cameras were integrated into devices that had nothing to do with photography: cellphones. Today another change of paradigm is happening: sensors are entering in products we wear. A blue ocean of new design possibilities is ready to be fully navigated. In this scenario there’s no more reason to create the umpteenth cool wearable device that will remain a rendering on kickstarter. Probably
SYSTEM
SOFTWARE
it’s far wiser to focus on creating a tool that will allow a company to start an innovation process to succeed in the long run. An ‘environment’ where products, softwares and experiences can grow together, shaping the future of wearable devices. In the next years we will find an increasingly smaller and invasive technology, therefore this technology will necessarily have to interact with the body in a far more subtle way. How is
it possible? Well, a good point will be starting to not use the already overloaded visual channels, capitalizing on the other hand on new possibilities to transfer informations to the body. This will have to be a technology able to respect the sensory nature of the self. A self that won’t be just ‘quantified’, but whose natural possibilities will be implemented and augmented by sensors and processor over or even underneath our skin.
The Augmented Body. New scenarios for wearable technology - Fabio Besti. Master degree in Product Design for Innovation. Politecnico di Milano, 2013. – www.fabiobesti.com
EXPERIENCE YOURSELF DIFFERENTLY.
A new generation of wearable technologies operating on a sensory base and controlled by applications. The Augmented Body. Fabio Besti, Politecnico di Milano, 2013.
MAPPING THE FUTURE OF THE AUGMENTED BODY
An online tool with a 3D body navigator used by the community to share expertise and co-create new applications for wearable technologies. The Augmented Body. Fabio Besti, Politecnico di Milano, 2013.
YOUR BODY ENHANCED BY DIFFERENT APPS
BODY LANGUAGE ASSISTANT
SENSE GPS
BODY EMPATHY
The same wearable device will have different functionalities and purposes depending on which mobile application will control it. The Augmented Body. Fabio Besti, Politecnico di Milano, 2013.