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

@martinjgale

We’re at a new frontier of technology.

Systems designed to

help processes

Systems designed to help people

Wearable technology takes this to a new extreme.

Shared. Mostly yours. Personal. Intimate.

And the technology possibilities are still growing…

Got network.

Knows location.

Connects to cloud.

Doesn’t need a phone.

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

Start with the user. They’re the most important person.

“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”

Oscar Wilde

Translating wearables to an experience — finding a model.

HealthImpact

Wearables Data

Intervention

The three core ingredients of a great wearable experience.

Context Insight

Action

Instrument but don’t intrude (or lose).

Weight

TimePulse Oximetry

AgeSpeed

CadenceLocation

Heart Rate Respiration

Weather

Temperature

Light

Sleep

Context

Turn the instrumentation into knowledge and advice.

Sleep badly.

Feel tired.Eat chocolate.

Feel guilty

Snap at family.Go for ice cream.

Insight

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

We’ve got all the pieces. Now to put them together.

“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”

William Gibson