The Next Technology War: Wearable Computers


Bangalore: Imagine computers are directly integrated within our bodies like a cloth or pair of glasses which will be fusing man with machine behaving like a sixth sense. Wearable computers, does that sound exciting? For most of us 'yes'. The reason being our world revolves around technology and finding a way to keep ourselves connected, has become the need o f the hour. But this has become a requisite choice in the streams like healthcare and fitness, where 'wearables' can be a heeling hand. Wearable computers are no more a conception, but have become an applied technology in a common man's life moving form science fiction to reality. A report by Forrester Research states that consumers will begin experimenting more with wearables over the coming year, specifically around health and fitness, navigation, social networking and gaming.