Jamais Cascio

I do think that fashion may end up being the 'killer app' for wearable augmented reality systems. This is in part because it's not simply task-oriented - like finding a restaurant or where your friend is currently lounging about - but experience-oriented. It becomes part of your life.

American Writer

John T. Chambers

Wearable technology will tell us how well we are sleeping and whether we need to exercise. Sensors in the street will help us avoid traffic jams and find parking. Telemedicine applications will allow physicians to treat patients who are hundreds of miles away.

American Businessman

Astro Teller

We've got rings, glasses, we wear things for armor, for protection from the elements, to signal our status to other people. And we're going to co-opt a lot of those things, where wearables are going to end up being the interface between us in the world.

English Scientist

Rana el Kaliouby

Emotion-enabled wearable glasses can help individuals who are visually impaired read the faces of others, and it can help individuals on the autism spectrum interpret emotion, something that they really struggle with.

Egyptian Scientist

Emilia Wickstead

You can see that ladylike kind of dressing with a twist coming back at Dior, and I think that a lot of the fashion is following in those kinds of footsteps. It's wearable. It sits in your wardrobe forever.

New Zealander Designer

Steve Mann

The use of the wearable computer changes with each person. When this device is your way of seeing, or a seeing aid, it's how you see the world. When you use it as a memory aid, it is your brain.

Canadian Scientist

Andre Iguodala

NBA players, we're directly involved in the tech world whether we know it or not. Media content and wearables directly influence us every day.

American Athlete

Mandy Harvey

There is a lot of technology out there that can help people with hearing loss including wearable technology that vibrates.

American Musician

Ashley Madekwe

Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear.

English Actress

Kate Crawford

Self-tracking using a wearable device can be fascinating.

Australian Writer

Wearable implies an item's suitability for being worn and often relates to fashion or clothing.

Fashion Context

Indicates the practicality and comfort of clothes or accessories for everyday use.

Practical Use

Wearable can extend beyond clothes to include anything that can be worn on the body.

Not Just Clothes

Often refers to electronic devices that are designed to be worn, like smartwatches or fitness trackers.

Tech Accessories

Emphasizes the trending and technological aspect of the item when used in the context of gadgets.

Innovation Emphasis

Can be of cultural significance in tech circles, symbolizing modern lifestyle and connectivity.

Cultural Significance

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 When I laid out my plan, I realized that I faced three main first, creating a sensor; second, designing a circuit; and third, coding a smartphone app. This made me realize that my project was actually much harder to realize than I initially had thought it to be. First, I had to create a wearable sensor that was thin and flexible enough

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 In understanding how we engage with media, so understanding virality and voting behavior; and also empowering or emotion-enabling technology, and I want to share some examples that are especially close to my heart. Emotion-enabled wearable glasses can help individuals who are visually impaired read the faces of others,

Rana el Kaliouby: This...

 in some way so that a deaf person can understand what is being said. And we wanted to do this, given the power and ubiquity of portable computing, we wanted to make sure that this would run on cell phones and tablets, and also we wanted to make this a wearable, something that you could wear under your clothing.

Can we create new senses...

 and wearables that monitor physiological signs, the big question is not how to collect enough data, but what we're going to do with it. There are plenty of beneficial uses for computerized emotion recognition. Robots using algorithms to identify facial expressions can help children learn

Can machines read your...

 I encouraged people in my research group to partner with some clever material scientists, and all of us came together and brainstormed. And after a long process, we came up with a vision, an idea, of a wearable system that perhaps you could wear like a piece of jewelry

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 like hiking, dancing or jogging. If you're losing sleep or having hot flushes, or experiencing other symptoms that affect your quality of life, talk to your doctor. Don't rely on wearable magnets or so-called compounded hormones.

What really happens to...

 wearable battery-powered cardiac pacemaker a device that uses electric pulses to correct abnormal heartbeats if this sci-fi monster can lead to a life-saving medical device what else is sci-fi inspired here's how another

Science Fiction Inspires...

 such as neural prosthetics and wearable robots that could become extended parts of our bodies. Or the slightly more radical idea of mind uploading, which dangles the possibility of immortal life without a body

Are you a body with a...

 young blood through the shared circulation looks younger and functions younger in its brain we looked for the possibility of creating life-sustaining clothing for interplanetary voyages this wearable