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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. I was a wearable tech pioneer by Spy+Handler · · Score: 3, Funny

    in the 80's wearing a Casio Databank watch, I blew everyone away in my 6th grade class.

  2. I feel like we've been warned about this... by neoritter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "But things are going to get really cool in 20 years when it is not just me collecting data about, it is not just all my friends who we are collecting data about, but it is our town, it is our country, it is our world. That’s going to be really cool. And that’s going to be transformational. We are in the really early days of that right now." Please tell me I'm not the only one that's scared by this sentiment. Maybe I've been reading and watching too much dystopian science-fiction... I'm fully aware this is an emotional reaction on my part, but I can't help but feel that this isn't a good thing. We already are up in arms over the NSA stuff, what's the difference? Mr Rosenbaum seems to understand the risks but is excited about this "transformational" future. That just seems scarily depressing to me.

  3. 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.

  4. Re:Never watch the video. by sandbagger · · Score: 2

    >Unless there is some visual information best conveyed by moving pictures, it is not worthwhile watching the video.

    Mod this up.

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    ---- The above post was generated by the Turing Institute. Maybe.