Technology is moving so fast that it’s easy to get bogged down in the technology, facts and figures — gadgets, sensors, data volumes etc etc. This is all interesting, but actually what difference can and will it make?

1. You wear it well.
Martin Gale
Master Inventor and CTO for Mobile, IBM UK and Ireland
@martinjgale

2. We’re at a new frontier of technology.
Systems
designed to
help processes
Systems
designed to
help people

3. Wearable technology takes this to a new extreme.
Shared. Mostly yours. Personal. Intimate.

4. And the technology possibilities are still growing…
Got network.
Knows location.
Connects to cloud.
Doesn’t need a phone.

5. But just because you can, should you?
“Engineers like to solve problems. If
there are no problems handily
available, they will create their own
problems.”
Dilbert

6. Start with the user. They’re the most important person.
“Never love anyone who treats
you like you're ordinary.”
Oscar Wilde

7. Translating wearables to an experience — finding a model.
Health
Impact
Wearables
Data
Intervention

8. The three core ingredients of a great wearable experience.
Context Insight
Action

9. Instrument but don’t intrude (or lose).
Weight
Time
Pulse Oximetry
Age
Speed
Cadence
Location
Heart Rate Respiration
Weather
Temperature
Light
Sleep
Context

10. Turn the instrumentation into knowledge and advice.
Sleep badly.
Feel tired.
Eat chocolate.
Feel guilty
Snap at family.
Go for ice cream.
Insight

11. Do things that matter at the time they matter most.
The healthy snack before you binge.
The nap before you snap.
The run that doesn’t pass the chip shop.
The hotel just next to the local gym.
The suggestion just when you’re ordering.
Action

12. We’ve got all the pieces. Now to put them together.
“The future is already here – it's
just not evenly distributed.”
William Gibson