Employees need to be connected and communicate via a multitude of device and many companies have created BYOD (bring your own device) use policies. Caroline Hayes finds out what this will mean for smartwatches.
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Keep flexible, then stay fashionably focused
Keep flexible, then stay fashionably focused: The first rule of business is to be flexible to market demands. Some electronics companies are taking that literally, and producing flexible, hybrid electronics for a new generation of wearable products, writes Caroline Hayes
Analyst IDTechEx Research reports that today’s $100million annual wholesale revenue of electronics textiles will increase to nearly $5billion by 2027, as clothing and electronics companies make “significant investments” to enable mainstream, commercial products.
Textiles hold the key to for a sporting chance in wearables
Textiles hold the key to for a sporting chance in wearables: Weaving electronics into textiles and clothing has been progressing recently, moving from the jokey light-up jumper, to useful examples of clothing that can measure heart rate, or other rhythms, or provide hearing and cooling or a current to muscles. From slim fitting gym apparel, or to cover gamers’ extremities, the market for so-called e-textiles is growing.
A report from IDTechEx, E-Textiles 2017-2027: Technologies, Markets, Players, charts progress from “an academic curiosity to an important technology platform generating revenue for companies globally”, over the last 20 years. It estimates that the e-textile product market is worth around $100million in annual wholesale revenue today and is expected to grow to be worth $5billlion by 2027.
Latest News for the Wearables Industry – March 2017
Latest News for the Wearables Industry – March 2017
Latest News for the Wearables Industry – March 2017 – WearTech Design is packed full of great News Story for the Wearable Industry
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