Garfield Cat

I found this article interesting

Wearables 101: What They Are, and Why You?ll Be Seeing a Lot of Them

WheresWaldo

Hyping **** like this is what the media does. According to those who make and those who report such, our lives were never complete because we were deprived of this type of technology. Its a long way from hyperbole to actual consumer usage.

FYI, I am not for or against wearables, just cautious about all the claims that it would change our lives.

fietsbob

Mobile phones changed our lives , now screen addicts sit across the table from each other and text people that are not there. Not for the better I'd say.


but now people get used to $200+ monthly Phone bills..

WheresWaldo

This was one of the reasons I quit the tech business, I remember every cross country flight I have ever taken, and no matter what time of night I got to LAX, everyone else on the Rental Car Bus had their faces buried in their Blackberry's. I was becoming one of those people and I hated it. Complete loss of human interaction. Heck and people in the same room text one another rather than speak to them!

I drag myself into some bicycle technology usually because it will benefit others, not necessarily myself. As I age and my suburban area become more congested I am required by my family to carry a mobile phone, that's a good thing. When they found out that I could be "live-tracked" they are begging me to implement that tech. Does it make me a better rider, no not really, but it is the way the world is going.

cafzali

The main difference I see is that wearables have the opportunity to improve the experience we now get from devices that offer the same functionality. I posted in another subforum about the Mio Link, which I consider a vast improvement over the conventional HRM chest strap -- at least if you have to deal with cold, dry weather. To me, not only is that a device that's better from a measurement standpoint, but it's also more comfortable to wear and use.

The thing the media does do is look for trends and they often overestimate the impact of a given trend. But that's as much a function of our consumer-consumption society as anything.

Garfield Cat

The cars we drive have or will have much of these wearables.

a1penguin

There are wearables and there are wearables. For cycling/sports appropriate wearables, I like DC Rainmaker 's site. I might consider splurging with my work bonus and try one of the $250 new watches. Garmin Vivoactive and Fitbit Surge have attracted my attention. The Garmin hasn't shipped yet (March 2015?), so I won't be buying anything soon.