Introduction: Wearables or wearable devices are the latest entrants among the electronic devices. These wearable devices take the form of accessories like eyewear or a wrist device, while there are others which are integrated into any piece of clothing like T-shirts or caps. Wearables not only perform basic task of computing as laptops or mobile devices, but it has also surpassed hand-held device by providing users with sophisticated features like tracking their biological functions like heart-rate, calories burned among others.
The effect of these devices is extensive, and they are quite powerful especially in the World of fitness, health, and education among others. The concept of wearable technology has still not been very successful, unlike smartphones.
Types of wearables:
1. Implantable: These are devices that users carry with them wherever they go, as they are implanted under the skin through surgeries. It can be inserted in various forms like tattoos, pacemakers or defibrillators. Currently, implantable are normally being used to treat fatal heart conditions, such as those that cause the ventricles to beat too fast. And, there are numerous mentions in the technology world about the innovative use of implantable from implantable birth-control to biosensor.
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2. Smartwatches: Smartwatches are one of the commonly known forms of wearable devices. Smart-watches once connected to a user mobile phone will notify them about social media messages, emails and calls. These watches, with the combination of smart applications, are now being used to monitor UV Rays to pollution in the air. Apple and Samsung have already launched their smartwatches this year.
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3. Fitness Trackers: Normally worn on the wrists, fitness trackers keep track of the number of steps users take when they put it on. Advanced versions of these trackers monitor heart rate and give an accurate data of the calories burned.
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4. Smart Clothing: The category of smart clothing includes specially-made garments infused with conductive silver-coated bars which act as sensors that stream data in real time to a smartphone and regular clothes that comes with added functionally. For example, Sensoria, the connected sports sock, tracks user's runs in detail. Even big fashion brands are going smart with their clothes which monitors heart rate, breathing and stress levels.
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5. Smart Jewelry: Companies are bringing the idea of a smart-watch to jewelry to attract women in the form of smart jewelry.
Smart jewelry inform users of any emails, calls or text when they are unable to access their phone. Many well-known jewelry designers have collaborated with mobile accessory making companies to create smart jewelries.
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6. Wearable Air Conditioner: A `wearable air conditioner' is what Sony has developed a wearable air conditioner called Reon Pocket that will keep you cooling during the rising temperatures. It is a wearable device compatible with both inner and outer wearable which can be controlled by your smartphone, making it as portable as it can get.
Making it more user-friendly, the device is powered by a lithium-ion battery that can be used for an entire day with just 2 hrs of charging. It is a light -weight device that measures approximately 54*20*116 mm and supports Bluetooth 5.0 LE connected phones. Sony Reon Pocket comes with a price tag of 14,800 yen.
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