This document discusses different types of emerging technologies including wearables, nearables, hearables, virtual reality, 3D printing, and the sharing economy. It provides examples of products and companies in each category, such as Google working with Levi's to create interactive jeans, Fitbit collecting biological and behavioral data through fitness trackers, and Facebook introducing 360 degree videos. The document also discusses how hearables could discreetly provide information to users without needing a screen, and how the sharing economy has grown to include services like meal sharing and book sharing.

1. AYMAN ITANI
Digital Strategist, CEO & Founder
Think Media Labs
Wearables, Nearables, Hearables, Shareables

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Wearables,
Nearables,
Hearables, and
Shareables

3. Wearables
Google taps Levi’s to create interactive
jeans
Source: http://qz.com/415592/google-taps-levis-to-create-interactive-jeans/

4. Wearables
Urban Armor: The “Personal Space” Dress
Source: http://urbanarmor.org/portfolio/the-personal-space-dress/

5. Wearables
INTIMACY: high tech fashion exploring the
relation between intimacy and technology.
http://www.maartjedijkstra.com/fashion-tech-projects/intimacy.html

6. http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/06/19/wearable-tech-health-insurance/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/05/07/fitbit-has-filed-for-a-100-million-ipo/
Apple Watch, Fitbit, Jawbone = biological
and behavioral data
Wearables

7. Source:http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2015/09/23/facebooks-news-feed-now-plays-360-degree-videos/
Virtual Reality
Facebook 360 Videos

8. Virtual Reality
Loreal Paris Makeup App
Source: http://www.lorealparis.ca/_en/_ca/brands/makeup-genius/

9. Source: http://www.statista.com/chart/2323/the-rise-of-the-sharing-economy/
The Rise Of Sharing Economy

10. Mealsharing (Founded by Airbnb) cooking, &
guests request a meal approved or not by host
The Rise Of Sharing Economy
http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2014/10/16/ciw-recap-swapping-books-meals-and-everything-else-in-the-sharing-economy/

11. Books on the Underground works by leaving
books on subway cars for people to read and
return to the train when they're finished.
The Rise Of Sharing Economy
http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2014/10/16/ciw-recap-swapping-books-meals-and-everything-else-in-the-sharing-economy/

12. Source: http://www.makepartsfast.com/2010/12/1011/3d-
printers-deliver-competitive-alternative-to-traditional-
prosthetic-limbs/Source: http://qz.com/500409/doctors-have-implanted-a-3d-printed-ribcage-in-an-actual-human-being/
3D Printing
3D printed
human ribcage
3D printed
artificial limbs

13. Source: http://www.find3dprinter.com/3d-printed-cast-makes-life-easier/
3D Printing
3D printed cast makes life easier

14. Data Analysis for Ad Targeting
How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant
Before Her Father Did
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/

15. http://blog.estimote.com/post/81380655308/estimote-sdk-updated-with-accelerometer-and
Give the customers on screen info about the
product they’re holding.
Nearables

16. Nearables
Notify
consumers on
that items in their
shopping bag is
in stock, as they
pass by the store
http://blog.beaconstac.com/2015/08/6-ibeacon-campaign-ideas-you-should-steal/

17. Hearing is one of our senses that has not
really been explored in the wearable space

18. Hearables
Hearables are a new wave of
hybrid devices that merge
the health tracking
capabilities of a smart watch
with the high quality audio.
http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/205675-hearables-could-be-the-next-wearables-and-with-good-reason

19. A small “hearable” could be used to
give you directions or pass you other
information, discreetly and without
the need for a screen in front of you.
It could give you updates on sports
scores, it could tell you about
historical sites that you are visiting, or
let you know that you are running late
for that important meeting.
Hearables
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/05/next-wave-wearable-technology-hearables.html