The development of technology has enabled the advent of innovative products, allowing many different machines to be included in our lives. With downsized electronic circuits, clothes and materials used in daily life can now be made smart and used with small add-ons. Thanks to this, many products such as watches, shoes, glasses and clothes now have even more features than usual. As an example of wearable devices, the watches are not only the devices that show the time any more, rather they have become individual “machines” that track our routines or ensure communication. Consumers show strong interest in wearable technologies as these devices make their lives easier, while businesses are attracted to wearable technologies as they cater to a large market and compete with each other to develop such products.
As people are becoming more conscious about their health, the use of wearable technologies in the healthcare field is expanding.
Wearable devices, which can be classified under several categories, are used for different purposes. The wearable technology products can be divided into categories based on human body as head, eye, arm, leg/foot, ear, torso, wrist etc. As the people are becoming more conscious about their health, the use of wearable technologies in the healthcare field is expanding. It is estimated that this smart wearable technologies market, which offers various solutions for many diseases from diabetes to chronic pain, will grow even further in the near future. Smart lenses developed by Google can be used by diabetics patients to measure instant glucose levels. Another product developed for people with chronic pain issues, on the other hand, greatly reduces the use of pain drugs, by stimulating sensory nerves. In addition to these, smart devices developed for different health issues make people’s lives easier and eliminate their need to go to the hospital regularly. Wearable devices are also finding themselves an intensive field of use in military, sports, finance and education. In line with the development of technology, it seems that more wearable devices will be included in our lives.
The future of wearable technologies
Wearable technologies, which are recently starting to be included in our lives, have a huge potential. As for the areas where wearable technologies, which create changes in user habits and undertake vital tasks from time to time, are expected to benefit to: In the future, patients will not have to worry about tracking their medications any more, as the devices loaded with the drug will be able to automatically inject the correct dose into the body when necessary. Drivers will be able to perform any actions that they used to do by phone, with their smart watches or smart glasses without any distraction from the road. In this way, accidents caused by smart-phone use can be prevented. Eye scanning and fingerprint methods used as security measures will also be replaced by heart rhythm measurement in the near future, which is just one of the topics discussed among technology manufacturers. In conclusion, we will be able to pass through the doors with only our heartbeat.
