Wearable now and then

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I’m a Quantified Self geek and what’s wrong with wearables Steve Karmeinsky NetTek Ltd

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Too many?

Flex Fitbit Flex Nike Fuelband SE Misfitwearables Shine

Fitbit One Withings Pulse Fitbug Orb

Two more coming Fitbit Force Jawbone UP24

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There’s one thing wrong with all of them

All #FAIL the girlfriend/mum test ¢  Unless they’re into sport

¡  Wont wear it

¢  Designed by techies

¢  Worn by techies / sports geeks

They’re NOT pretty

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They don’t even agree on results

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Biggest Annoyance #1 ¢  They have arbitrary

measurements

¡ What’s Nike Fuel?

¡ How do they actually know what calories I’m burning?

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Biggest Annoyance #2 ¢  What’s a day?

¢  My day isn’t 12 until 12 ¡  It’s when I get up to when I

got to bed

¢  Trackers all are based on 24h cycles

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Biggest Annoyance #3 ¢  Have to manually put all

trackers into ‘sleep mode’

¢  When you’re really tired (or drunk) what are you likely to forget?

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Another disaster?

Phyode W me ¢  Only tracks when you press

the button

¢  Really ugly

¢  App outsourced and annoying

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There’s one thing wrong with all of them

Pebble Watch – prime example ¢  It’s UGLY ¢  Raised $10m on Kickstarter

¡  Completely underestimated production issues/costs

¢  Raised $70m from VC ¡  Kickstarter “validated” demand

¢  Low general sales ¡  Kickstarter was their market?

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Maybe this lot have got it right?

Angel Sensor ¢  At least it’s simple

¢  Open source SDK

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Future ¢  Pros

¡ Devices will get prettier

¡  And smarter

¡ Do more stuff

¢  Cons ¡  As more devices do more

diagnostic things, agencies like the FDA will regulate

¡ Will devices actually benefit your life?

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Future ¢  BLE is the future

¢  V4.1 OTA software upgrade

¢  iBeacons …

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Thank you for listening!

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