The Rise of Wearable Technology

Jonathan LeBlanc (@jcleblanc) Global Head of Developer

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The Future of Wearables! Build this, collect profit!  

Hardware Prototyping

Early Hardware Days

Mainstreaming Effect

Arduino / Raspberry Pi / Leap Motion / etc.

Hardware Toolbox

Rasperry Pi

Arduino

Building on Body Movement

Open Application Sensor Hacks

Myo Extending Body Functions https://thalmic.com/en/myo/

Fin Gesture Controlled Ring

http://wearfin.com/

Building on Open Specs

Bluetooth Smart

Location Awareness

Effects on Commerce

How the Technology Works Transparent Bridge from Device to IP

Central Device

Peripheral Bridge

IP Address Endpoint

Connection: Continuous vs Intermittent

Throughput: 0.7-2.1 Mbit/s vs 0.27 Mbit/s

Power Consumption: 1 mW vs 0.01-0.5 mW

Range: 100 meters vs 50 meters

Bluetooth Support Modes Devices can support both Bluetooth and Bluetooth Smart (dual mode), or just one

Bluetooth Smart Adoption Over 2 billion current connections

Pebble Building on Bluetooth Smart

https://getpebble.com/

Beyond the Fingerprint

Vein Recognition Biometrics Identification through vein uniqueness

Nymi Heartbeat Identification http://getnymi.com/

The FIDO Alliance Open Device Identity Spec http://fidoalliance.org/

Beyond Wearables

DNA as Data Storage 700 Terabytes of data in a gram of DNA

https://ppd.io/dna-data-storage

What Does the Future Hold?

Thank You! Questions? http://slideshare.net/jcleblanc

Jonathan LeBlanc (@jcleblanc) Global Head of Developer

Evangelism at PayPal