1. Wearable Computing
Arjun Balaji

2. Context and definition
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From MIT Media Lab: “an always present, always
working collection of personal applications.”
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mobile
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aware of the user's goals and context
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function even when the user is directing her
attention elsewhere

3. The BIG deal
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Feeds our human desire to be
aware and know
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The health graph
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The Pebble story
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Jawbone, Fitbit,
RunKeeper
10M raised on Kickstarter
485 million annual device
shipments by 2018
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ABI Research

4. Left: MIT Wearable Computing Group, late ‘97

5. Cheaper
Hardware
The
“cloud”
Location
Data
What’s driving wearable
tech?
#quantifieds
elf
REAL USE CASES
U
X

6. In the pipeline
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Sensors woven into skin
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Augmented reality
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Wearable nanotechnology
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Under Armor
Opto-electronic contacts

8. Fun links
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Fitbit designer discussing design decisions in the Fitbi
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whatthefuckismywearablestrategy.com
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NYT Interview with Steve Mann, the ultimate wearable
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Encyclopedic reference re: wearable computing
on the Interaction Design Foundation site written
by the dude, Steve Mann himself.