Five years ago, a collective mania overtook the industry. Nobody could think of a clear reason why consumers needed an expensive "smart" watch when they already had a smartphone in their hand, pocket or bag. What value could it deliver? Even Google didn't seem sure: in its now notorious launch video, a punter used a watch simply to replicate features on their phone. But the industry convinced itself that wearables were another platform, and nobody wanted to be a sad second in this race. So the giants entered the market. Not because they wanted to, but as a hedge. Someone else might take a lead.
As we predicted in 2014, this was a solution looking for a problem. And an expensive one, at that.
Are wearable devices whose OS wakes up only when needed for smart features the answer?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @11:25PM
I wrote the code for a urinary incontinence device that provided biofeedback (emg measurement) as well as optional electrical stimulation through a vaginal electrode. It was sometimes referred to as the 'electro-kegel' device. It ran on a 68hc05 processor. This was in the mid 90's.