Wearable Computers

Wrist Worn Computers (Eurotech)

Wearable computers are any digital electronics that can be worn. This could be from the shoes worn to tattoos on the body which can be used to monitor the physiological conditions of individuals. The designs of such devices are on the increase, (Hamblen, 2014).

Some analysts are of the view that these devices will have machines thinking and communicating to the individuals rather than just taking instructions. As a result they refer to wearable computers as the ‘sentient world’. One example is wearing Google’s project Glass. Every morning on your way to work you stop to get a bowl of porridge from Juicy patties. On your way to work you stop at the gas station and immediately the address of the nearest of the Juicy patties restaurant appears on the glass. Then due to the fact that your smart phone is used as a credit card every morning around 7:30 it transmits the contact information of the nearest restaurant. These will soon be seen in different areas: communication, health, gaming, social networking and even commerce, (Sartain, 2012).

As the world moves forward with technology, wearable computers are going to be one of the new eras in technology according to Gartner analyst van Baker. He postulates that people are going to have personal area networks on their bodies as they move around. There will also be an increase in the use of the having several devices talking to each other via the Web. There are many companies such as Google, Samsung, Apple, Microsoft and others who are embracing and getting involved in this emerging technology field. This is definitely going to lead to a transformation in technological devices as computers linked via the Internet are embedded into devices such as glasses, bracelets and shoes which were once considered brainless, (France-Presse, 2013).

References
Eurotech. (n.d.). Wrist Worn Computers. Retrieved April 19, 2014, from http://www.eurotech.com/en/products/portable+mobile+devices/wrist+worn+computers
France-Presse. (2013, June 27). Rise of the Wearable Computer. Retrieved April 17, 2014, from http://www.industryweek.com/digital-tools/rise-wearable-computer
Hamblen, M. (2014, March 18). Suddenly, wearables are big with new developer software releases. Retrieved April 17, 2014, from http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247037/Suddenly_wearables_are_big_with_new_developer_software_releases?pageNumber=1
Sartain, J. (2012, August 20). The wild world of wearable computers. Retrieved April 17, 2014, from http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/082012-wearable-computers-261509.html