Events matching tag "wearables"
Friday, March 7
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP23360 An…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alastair Somerville
Saturday, March 8
In the next 20 years, the number of adults in the US age 65 and older will nearly double, which means the elderly are the fastest growing demographic in the country. Today, people are living longer than ever before, with…
Intermediate
Presenters
Eric Baczuk, Lindsey Mosby
From activity trackers to Google Glass, wearables are all the rage. But who should get access to the data? Unfortunately, just because you wear a device doesn't mean that you get access to your data. As a data scientist,…
Intermediate
Presenters
John Wilbanks, Rachel Kalmar
ATTENTION: You must signup in advance to attend this workshop. You will need to have a valid SXSW badge, and an activated SXsocial account. To reserve your seat, please go here: https://sup.sxsw.com/schedule/IAP27840 Le…
Intermediate
Presenters
Erin Symons, Grace Kim
Sunday, March 9
From health trackers, like the Basis band and Nike Fuelband, to communications devices including Google Glass and the widely-anticipated iWatch, the wearables market is poised to top $12 billion by 2018. This growth prom…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bonnie Cha, Jef Holove, Rodrigo Martinez, Yijing Brentano
Consumer adoption of wearables and mobile sensors is set to skyrocket in 2014 and beyond, with increasingly complex devices bringing about the true realization of ‘the quantified self’. The impact these sensors will have…
Intermediate
Presenters
Gadi Amit
In February of 2013 Google launched the #ifihadglass Google Glass Explorer selection program. For those lucky enough to have been chosen, we are not only the first people to wear Glass, we are the very first to explore a…
Intermediate
Presenters
Mark Horvath, Serena Ehrlich
Imagine a future where border crossings occur safely within seconds; humans act as sensors during disaster and emergency response; and we travel freely through a secure airport environment. Augmented Realty technology h…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alan Holden, Carmen Medina, Christian Doolin, Vignon Zinsou
Shaquille O'Neal was one of the first big-name celebrities to embrace social media -- witness his more than 8 million followers on Twitter. He's now turned a lot of his attention to wearable technology, which looks to be…
Intermediate
Presenters
Rick Valencia, Shaquille O'Neal
Humans’ increased focus on personal fitness has been met with consumer electronics and apparel companies producing wearable devices that track every step, sit-up, sleep pattern and more. The era of tracking your personal…
Intermediate
Presenters
Rafael Mena
Monday, March 10
Media and agencies are plagued with tunnel vision. They are stuck thinking about mundane use cases for wearables like Glass that are reminiscent of first phase mobile apps. Wake up. Wearable tech has the potential for …
Intermediate
Presenters
Jen Quinlan, JP Gownder
Smart glasses, smart watches and activity monitors are hitting the market in droves, and many of the biggest consumer electronics companies are expected to launch more wearables over the next year. Are wearables simply p…
Advanced
Presenters
Anna Jen, Sean McCracken
Beauty, periphery and meaning are three of the principles that will facilitate the adoption of wearable technology devices, according to Artefact designer and wearable tech expert Jennifer Darmour. But how do you apply t…
Advanced
Presenters
Jennifer Darmour
Fitness wearables are currently one of the hottest items on the market right now. And, it’s amazing all of the data they can track – from deep sleep patterns to calories burned. But how does a user even begin to make sen…
Beginner
Presenters
Jennifer Grenz, Jin Lee
Tuesday, March 11
We’ve seen this before – incredible technology is released to the consumer and a flurry of unimaginative, low impact uses and applications are associated with it. Anyone remember the early days of the app store? Google G…
Intermediate
Presenters
Sam Gaddis
Food production is increasingly a high-tech job. Today’s farmers are using new innovations to maximize their yields and productivity - including wearable computers capable of displaying real-time weather and environmenta…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dev Shrestha, Jeff Caldwell, Maribeth Gandy, Nathan Wright
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