Wearable technology

The development of science and technology is always changing.

1, Introduction wearable technology

It mainly explores and creates science and technology that can directly wear on the body or integrate into the user's clothes or accessories. Wearable technology is an innovative technology proposed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab in the 1960s. This technology can be used to embed multimedia, sensors, and wireless communication technologies into people’s clothing. It can support gestures and eye movement operations. Interactive way.

2. Purpose To achieve rapid data acquisition through “intrinsic connectivity” and to maintain social connections efficiently through ultra-fast content sharing capabilities. Get away from traditional handheld devices and get a seamless web access experience. A wearable health device is another branch of a wearable device that gradually evolves as the wearable device develops. Since the 1960s, wearable devices have gradually emerged. In the 1970s, a digital camera-enabled wearable computer built by inventor Alan Lewis predicted the results of casino roulette. In 1977, CC Colin of the Academy of Visual Sciences at the Smith-Kettlewell Institute made a vest for the blind. It transformed the image obtained by the head-mounted camera into a tactile image through the mesh on the vest so that blind people could also “see” it. See, in a broad sense, this can be regarded as the world's first wearable health device.

EVERY Lab believes that the health field is the area where wearable devices should be prioritized and have the best future. The essence of wearable health devices is the intervention and improvement of human health. Wearable devices are also evolving from "information collection" to "direct intervention," and wearable health devices are targeted at a wide range of common diseases in urban populations. For example: to give a relaxing massage to the cervical spine at any time and anywhere, and even directly interfere with brain waves to help people sleep. In this regard, foreign melon and domestic companies have put forward their own innovative products in this regard.

Wear it comfortably or even without it. Want to be completely unaware of the current wearable health equipment or fantasy. However, as far as possible, light and compact, it is the direction of all companies. Compared with professional medical equipment, wearable health equipment is not as effective as professional equipment, but its advantage lies in its ability to provide health care to the body at any time and place. It has great advantages in preventing and relieving diseases.

The use process should not interfere with normal life. Consumers cannot accept health equipment that requires special time and constant patience. Therefore, the design of wearable health equipment should be fully considered and should not affect the normal life and work of users.

The appearance should be suitable for the occasion and environment. Sometimes wearable devices cannot be "invisible." However, if the appearance of these devices is adequate enough for the environment, and even cool enough, then users do not mind wearing such devices to challenge the market.

3, technical products

Google Glass

On June 28, 2012, Google released this wearable IT product through an I/O product launch event. Google Glasses combines features such as voice control, navigation, photography, and video chat to herald the future of the world. A miniature display on the right eye side, a 720p video camera placed parallel to the outside of the right eye, a touchpad placed on the temple, and a speaker, microphone, gyro sensor, and built-in battery that can support 6 hours of electricity. At the I/O conference, Google disclosed the development of Google Glass for a long time, an auxiliary information system that closely matched the glasses. Although Sergey Brin did not disclose more details about the engineering of Google Glass, the $1,500 booking price for 2013 implied the experimental nature of Google Glass, at least according to the energy consumption relationship between wireless transmission and battery systems. Glass is still unable to achieve many of the ideas in many previous science fiction novels.

For this spectacles, Google naturally attaches great importance to it, and the company has repeatedly communicated to the public the idea that wearable computing will become the future trend. Google’s founder Sergey Brin said that this pair of glasses changed his activities. Way. He gave an example: He tossed his son into the air with his hands repeatedly, and Google Glass could take pictures and record this moment. Brin said: "It can't be done with a smartphone or a camera." Google Product Manager Steve Li said that the goal of creating this kind of glasses is to enhance people's social life, not to show off technology. Google's Project Glass team leader Babaca Pavez said, hope people can put technology on them - eyes, ears and Hand. The New York Times columnist Nick Bilton even puts Google Glass on a par with the invention of the press and film in history, thinking that this technology will change the world. He said: "When this technology matures, we will Can be liberated. The wearable computer will get us out of the four-inch screen. We no longer need to look at the device all the time. Instead, these wearable devices will come back to see Us. "

Personal 3D cinema

In 1989, the famous Japanese cartoonist Akira Toriyama created a “combat power detector” in his “Dragon Ball Z” comic book. This is a kind of eyeglasses-like thing worn by the wearer. , to see the value of each individual's combat effectiveness. 23 years later, Google launched a Google Glass. Although this glasses does not show combat effectiveness, it has all the functions of mainstream smart phones, and communication and data services are readily available. For more than one hundred years, global scientific and technological development has been changing with each passing day, and examples of technological products have become commonplace from imagination to imagination, and the proportion of large-scale commercial applications is not high. Will Google Glass be one of them? It is worth noting that although the thinking is completely different, the old electronic consumer company Sony also has its own commercial head-worn products, and Apple Corps is also working on similar brains. Under the "Zhongxingpengyue", how far is the head-mounted device that liberates one's hands from us? Actually not far away.

Glasses display

It is reported that Apple's patented abstract description of the wearable IT device shows that the technology will use one or two monitors to project images into the eyes of users. Normally, such displays do not play back images to the user's peripheral vision, and Apple’s patented technology takes a new approach so that the images played by the monitor will not only enter the user's line of sight, but also “guide” the user's line of sight. . This also means that Apple's patent is aimed at "submerged" devices (completely occupy the user's line of sight), rather than the "walking" device of Google Smart Glasses (which can see the surrounding landscape at the same time). The Apple technology patent also talks about the technical principle of projecting two images onto the user's two eyes respectively, saying that this will effectively solve the discomfort caused by the user wearing the device, and increase the image brightness and expand the field of view.

Apple Iwatch

Today's smart devices are not limited to mobile phones and tablets. Google Glass’s “Expanding Reality” glasses developed by Google are making us shine. With the advancement of technology, humans have already had devices that appeared in many science fiction movies before. Apple also launched a smart device to challenge Google. This is the iWatch, a smartwatch designed by concept designer Anders Kjellberg. This watch has built-in iOS system and supports Facetime, WiFi, Bluetooth, Airplay and other functions. The most amazing thing is that iWatch supports Retina touch screen, this watch looks like iPod nano, also has 16GB of storage space, exciting is iWatch also has 8 kinds of personalized strap, allowing you to enjoy the individuality .

BrainLink idea headband

BrainLink idea headband is an accessory product developed by Shenzhen Macro Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. for iOS system. It is a safe and reliable head-worn brainwave sensor that is easy to wear. As a wearable device, it can wirelessly connect to terminals such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, or smart TVs. With the corresponding application software, you can achieve interactive control of mind and thought. Brainlink quotes advanced brain-computer interface technology from abroad. Its unique design and powerful training software are deeply loved by users. It allows your phone or tablet to know the state of your brain in a timely manner, such as whether you are focused, nervous, relaxed or tired. You can also give mobile tablet commands by actively adjusting your concentration and relaxation to achieve magical “mind control.”