By now, you probably already heard about Cecila Abade, the California woman who had a ‘distracted driving’ citation added on to her speeding ticket because she was wearing a pair of Google’s new eyewear, Google Glass, when the cop stopped her.
Beyond Google Glass, we are increasingly surrounded by systems that we consciously interact with throughout the day – PCs, smart phones and watches, security systems, tablets, in our cars, at ATMs and traffic lights …
I was in Palo Alto for a meeting last week. One guy we were waiting for walked up wearing his pair of early-issue Google Glass. The first question my partner asked, “Are you recording?”
And so began a conversation that would eat up nearly one third of our 90-minute time slot the five of us had been trying to coordinate the past two weeks across different time zones and calendar commitments.
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While not many people are wearing Google Glass today, hearing what this person had to say about her experiences so far with the wearable computer, I can see this new gadget technology going mainstream as competitors step in, thus creating lower barriers for the average person to participate (falling prices), increasing functionality (fierce competition for market share) and — provided the Internet of Things mentality takes off — a fast moving wild fire of demand the way Apple created a fire storm craving in 2007 with a better smartphone immediately following the introduction of its first generation iPhone.
Vying for Google Glass user interest, competitors like Optinvent and Vusix Smart Glasses are already springing up. IBM and even Epson with its Moviero product have come to the party.
But wearable computing is not just for grown ups. In Brazil, Huggies has created TweetPee, a sensor plus an alert system driven by Twitter that tells mom or dad each time baby needs a change. (Video in Portuguese)
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Surely, the Internet of Things is here to stay. A study conducted by Forrester Consulting, which surveyed 646 global enterprise IT decision makers, says many firms are in the early stages of Internet of Things implementation and that many more plan future initiatives regarding pervasive technology.
Which means nearly one-third of those surveyed in June 2012 have already done so, as seen below when asked: In the following timeframes, please indicate when you are most likely to implement an “Internet of Things” solution for your organization?
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