Monday 31 March 2014

Wearables: A Clothing-Computing Love Story

Once upon a time, clothing was plain, simple and as old as 100,000 to 500,000 years. We wore clothing to cover ourselves, to keep us warm

Mankind dabbled into wearing computers on his wrist. First, with the socially acceptable watches; then the first sorts of computing clothes, the Calculator Watch:




Steve Mann, an inventor, researcher, and a great Canadian, had developed, over the years, some early forms of wearable technology:



They were large, bulky, and generally socially unappealing.

Today: Its a marketable, fashionable exploit. Wearable Tech firms have teamed up with the fashion industry. Google Glass has made their deal with Luxottica.





In the future: Who knows? Maybe more than just glasses and watches... What we do know, is that its probably gonna be better than automatic-drying clothes:







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