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They're going to be huge. But will they be safe?
(Reuters/ Stephen Lam) |
"For as much as we talk about wearable technology—Is it useful? Is it stylish? Is it affordable?—there’s a question we rarely raise: Is it safe?... Diane von Furstenberg—one of fashion’s most visible ambassadors of wearable technology—brought up a point seldom, if ever, talked about... Discussing the design evolution of Google Glass, which her company has made frames for, she said: 'At first Google Glass was this huge thing. And then it became smaller and smaller and smaller. And then it became a tiny little thing that you put on your head, and you just hope you don’t get a brain tumor.' The comment got big laughs, but it was as if she had introduced an elephant many didn’t even know was in the room."
We need to talk about the health risks of wearable technologyby
Jenni Avins@jenniavins, qz.com, , 22 December 2014
Fashion brands and technology companies are understandably breathless over the promise of wearable devices. The financial opportunity appears enormous—a tenfold market increase to $50 billion dollars in three to five years, by some projections, and the upcoming release of the Apple Watch in 2015 has only fanned the flames of excitement.
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