Tuesday, April 7, 2015

The Best Wearables Will Be The Ones You Throw Away

from FastCompany:

HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF WEARABLES? WHEN YOU DON’T NEED THEM AT ALL.



The market for wearable electronics seems to be exploding: forecasters estimate that we will see growth at a compound annual rate of 35% over the next five years with 148 million units shipped by 2019. The data appears impressive until you consider that only two years ago forecasters were predicting shipments of twice that amount—over 300 million by 2018. Why are the numbers declining?

Full text at:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3044716/the-best-wearables-will-be-the-ones-you-throw-away