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Wearable Tech is Advancing, but Isn't for Everyone Quite Yet (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the too-sexy-for-my-technology dept.

Dan Rosenbaum is the editor and publisher of Wearable Tech Insider, which means he covers wearable technology every day. He's obviously a good person to chat with if we want to learn what's going on in the wearable tech world. So we did just that. The overall sense we got is that wearable tech is less of a gimmick than it was a few years ago, but isn't necessarily something all of us need quite yet. One note here: Dan is not a Google Glass fan. Watch the video (or read the transcript) to find out why.

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  1. wearable tech by phantomfive · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think the popularity of the wristwatch for most of the last century shows that people are willing to have wearable tech; if it provides enough practical use, people will find a way to make it fashionable (that any accessory can be made fashionable is aptly demonstrated by the existence of the codpiece).

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
    1. Re:wearable tech by westlake · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I think the popularity of the wristwatch for most of the last century shows that people are willing to have wearable tech; if it provides enough practical use.

      The wristwatch is one of the few pieces of jewelry --- stand-out, expensive jewelry --- that have ever became socially acceptable for a man to be seen wearing in almost any social setting.