{"id":859,"date":"2014-06-04T12:21:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T20:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=859"},"modified":"2014-06-04T15:03:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T23:03:08","slug":"idea-wearable-technology-isnt-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/idea-wearable-technology-isnt-new\/","title":{"rendered":"The idea of wearable technology isn&#8217;t new&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/idea-wearable-technology-isnt-new\/\" data-text=\"The idea of wearable technology isn&#038;%238217;t new&#038;%238230;\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;or a fad. \u00a0This movement has been evolving for centuries.<\/p>\n<p>For many people, myself included, the concept of wearable technology &#8211; wearables for short &#8211; is taking things a little too far. \u00a0Do we really need &#8220;smart&#8221; watches so we can post to social media at any second? \u00a0Is Google Glass essential to function in business or socially? \u00a0Today, I say &#8220;NO&#8221;. \u00a0But what will be my answer in 2,3,5 or 10 years from now?<\/p>\n<p>For some proper context, let&#8217;s go back in time (no pun intended) and look at the early, if not the first wearables: pocket watches. \u00a0Precise timekeeping was not commonplace before the medieval period, and I&#8217;m sure people got along just fine by observing the position of the sun. \u00a0But as clocks became \u00a0more and more prevalent, so did timekeeping assume a more predominant role in aiding commerce and organizing a growing and more complex society. \u00a0As society progressed, punctuality became not just desirable but inceasingly essential and the pocket watch evolved into the wristwatch. \u00a0A person wearing a wristwatch was making a statement that they were a serious, modern, productive person. \u00a0Perhaps even a <em>moral<\/em> person.<\/p>\n<p>So the question may be, does a need drive the technology, or does the advent of the technology reveal a need? \u00a0Or indeed <em>create<\/em> a need? \u00a0Certainly in the middle ages when the first bells tolled to mark the hours, someone said &#8220;what do we need that for?&#8221;. \u00a0Then, &#8220;why could anyone possibly need to carry (later wear) a watch?&#8221; Now fast forward &#8211; I know that when cellular phones began to be common in the 1990s, I was a doubter. \u00a0Yet today everyone including our children view them as a neccessity. \u00a0And so it will likely be with smartwatches and wearable computers.<\/p>\n<p>But didn&#8217;t we become slaves to the clock? \u00a0Many have argued so. \u00a0Have our smartphones evolved from capable servants to unrelenting masters? \u00a0The epidemic of people unable to ignore the devices even for a few minutes to concentrate on important tasks such as driving suggest it may be true. \u00a0Then what of our newest &#8220;toys&#8221;? \u00a0What hell do they have in store for us? \u00a0And what about future as yet undreamed of technology? \u00a0What price will we pay for them?<\/p>\n<p>So the new fad isn&#8217;t a fad or so new either. \u00a0And though I find myself once again skeptical of the new technology, I will no doubt be sporting it myself in a few years. \u00a0But must we be damned to losing another little slice of our soul to each succeeding generation of technology? \u00a0Sadly, I think this is one question to which I can answer &#8220;yes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Cross posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cuanaenterprises.com\/blog.php\" target=\"_blank\">Men Out of Work Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet &#8230;or a fad. \u00a0This movement has been evolving for centuries. 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