PPB October 2019

Wea r ab l e Tech High-Tech Style by Danielle Renda Tech is moving faster than ever. Are your tech wearables forward-focused? T ake a look at your wrist, on your desk, or in your backpack or purse. Your accessories are smart. You’ve donned an Apple Watch or Fitbit for years now, and when you’re away from the office, one of your favorite pastimes is plugging into a podcast via wireless headphones or reading on your Kindle. When you return home from an evening workout, you have an app that connects your smartphone to your intelligent personal assistant, like Google Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa, which adjusts the temperature and lighting in your living room to complement your body temperature and mood. But now, it’s time to give your wardrobe a literal update, too, with the latest, greatest and most innovative in smart wear. It’s Cool—But Is It For Me? Smart wear is, without a doubt, hip, but that’s nowhere near the key benefits it offers to clients, which is its real purpose. Let’s take a look at some of the diverse advantages of smart wear and wearables. ‘Round the clock health monitoring. One of the major paybacks of wearable tech is the health aspect. With an increased surface available for monitoring bodily functions, smart wear can provide richer biometric data than smart accessories. Some products are specifically tailored to accommodate end users diagnosed with chronic illnesses, or those recovering from sickness or injury, to be more in touch with what their body needs. According to Science Daily, these products can also simultaneously update patients’ doctors, allowing 16 | OCTOBER 2019 | INNOVATE