Fashionable Technology

Seymour, Sabine

doi:10.1007/978-3-211-79592-7

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“…This makes them more useful for long term monitoring applications or for circumstances where aesthetics are highly important (ibid). The first wearable computer was shown in 1966 by Thrope and Shannon; a cigarette-pack sized analogue computer with four buttons, it measured the speed of a roulette wheel and transmitted predicted results to an earpiece (Seymour, 2008). However the consumer wearable products market did not begin until the mid-1970's with the release of calculator watches such as HP's 01 (Rhodes, 2001).…”

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“…Furthermore, the development of wearable products is now beginning to accelerate again due to the miniaturisation of technology and alternative energy sources, such as kinetic or solar charging, starting to become viable options (Seymour, 2008) and this is likely to play a part in solving the battery issues currently facing WT. Also new innovations in 3D printing using pastes have the potential for the creation of commercially available micro lithium-ion batteries which could power wearable devices from much smaller batteries (Kieldsen, 2013), leaving them to appear as just standard items of jewellery.…”

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A Forecast of the Adoption of Wearable Technology

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2015

International Journal of Technology Diffusion

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This research aims to quantify the current market size for wearable technology, and determine why this market has struggled over the past decade. These are products which are worn on the body and enhanced using electronics. Forecasts have been made as to how this wearable technology is likely to develop in terms of market size and product design or function. It is predicted that in five years the wearable technology market will be several times larger than it is currently, and entertainment devices will overtake fitness to become the largest product category. Medical devices will be used to reduce healthcare costs by monitoring patients within their own home and wearable technology will allow businesses to improve customer relations and productivity.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A Forecast of the Adoption of Wearable Technology

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2015

International Journal of Technology Diffusion

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“…The 'Hug Shirt' by the CuteCircuit company [16] attempts to construct haptic communication for simple, personal messages between users wearing what appears to be a normal looking shirt. The shirt transmits 'hugs' to another, similar shirt via a Bluetooth and Java enabled telephone device.…”

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Mobile Haptic Technology Development through Artistic Exploration

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Göransson

Olsson

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Haptic and Audio Interaction Design

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Abstract. This paper investigates how artistic explorations can be useful for the development of mobile haptic technology. It presents an alternative framework of design for wearable haptics that contributes to the building of haptic communities outside specialized research contexts. The paper also presents our various wearable haptic systems for mobile computing capable of producing high-order tactile percepts. Our practice based approach suggests a design framework that can be applied to create advanced haptic stimulations/situations for physically embodied interaction in real-world settings.

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“…Designs based on soft hardware have over the recent decades repeatedly been showcased with much interest from the general public, for example, the digital paper [11], interactive displays on curtains and wallpapers [4,5], interactive carpets, furniture hooked up to the internet [9], robotic plush toys and clothes with embedded electronics [2,10]. Many quite remarkable prototypes have been produced, but the full potential of technology based on soft hardware has not yet been realized either in products or large-scale productions.…”

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Touch and feel soft hardware

Fernaeus

Vallgårda

Tharakan

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Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

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With soft hardware we refer to electronic components, coatings, and shells built from materials that make them elastic, flexible, floppy and malleable. By introducing new material properties into electronic and computational contexts we expect to open new paths for designing interactive things. Building electronics with textile and other soft materials may easily degrade elements such as speed, power, and storage capacities; however, these constraints can be acceptable if not down right desirable in these new contexts. We see how sensors, actuators, computers and even battery cells made of soft materials enables us to embed them into soft shapes that in turn afford certain forms of interaction. With the term soft hardware, we also highlight the interplay between computational and physical materials in interaction designs.

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Fashionable Technology

Cited by 17 publications

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A Forecast of the Adoption of Wearable Technology

A Forecast of the Adoption of Wearable Technology

Mobile Haptic Technology Development through Artistic Exploration

Touch and feel soft hardware

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