Lowdown: Wearable tech

This article discusses wearable, which is expected to rapidly escalate into a mainstream phenomenon. As well as visible hardware, companies are also developing unobtrusive sensors that integrate with smartphone apps for a less intrusive user experience.

Lowdown: Wearable tech

Nick HirstDare

You'll have heard of Google Glass – if you're lucky you might even have tried it. But these high-spec specs are just the tip of the wearable technology iceberg. The $1.3 billion market is predicted to hit £19 billion in 2018 by tech analysts Jupiter. The opportunity is to get in early on the rapidly developing ecosystem that will make wearables a mainstream phenomenon.

The most famous wearable technology is probably Nike Fuelband. Competition on the sector is already intense, from Jawbone's Up, Fitbit's Flex and the B1 from Basis. Start-ups like Vital Connect...

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