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don tech? Once considered stuff of science fiction fantasy and the geek crowd, wearables have come a long way and according to some pundits, are now all set to go mainstream. but are gadgets like the apple watch a flash in the pan or the sign of a new trend? we take a closer look at wearables in india
I
n the 1987 movie, Mr. India showed a gold watch worn on the
to Apple Watch to Oculus Rift, wearable computing is an integral
wrist, which when activated, made the wearer invisible to the
part of the “Internet of things (IoT)”, which could redefine how
naked eye. Two years later, in 1989 Back to the Future Part
we interact with technology and indeed with each other, making
2 captured the public’s attention when the future family of
technology an even more integral part of our lives.
Marty McFly use “connected goggles” to watch TV and make video phone calls. And then there is Giordi La Forge’s VISOR from Star
What are wearables?
Trek: The Next Generation, a device which helped him to see even
The growing adoption of smartphones and wireless broadband ,
though he was blind. They might not have been part of our every
driven by rapid price decline and the incoming of 4G LTE connectivity,
day lives, but wearable gadgets - from watches to spectacles - have
have accelerated the scope of mobility, in general. At the same
definitely been a part of our imagination for a while now. In fact,
time, the distinction between computers and smart devices is fast
there is evidence to suggest that a lot of the wearables that we see
blurring which led to the emergence of a whole new category of
in the market today owe their existence to science fiction.
smart wearable tech. So what do exactly mean by wearables?
The sci-fi series Star Trek, inspired Google to develop its head
A wearable is a small electronic device, consisting of one or
mounted Google Glass (now discontinued), as revealed by Amit
more sensors and having an embedded chip. As its name indicates,
Singhal, Google vice-president and senior search engineer, in
instead of being carried around as a separate entity, it can be easily
2012. When Samsung launched the Galaxy Gear smartwatch back
attached to the person of the user. A wearable can thus resemble a
in 2013, it released commercials that reminds consumers that
watch, eyeglasses or even jewellery. Wearables come in all shapes
the wearable gadget actually dates back to 1946, when comic-
and sizes and with varying abilities, depending on the components
strip-detective Dick Tracy first used his handy wristwatch for police
within them. For instance some smartwatches might be able to
communications.
capture and analyse more data than a basic fitness wearable, whose
From the world’s first commercial electronic digital wristwatch
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