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THE MODERN WORLD
Wearable technology Customizable

watch face
WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES are clothing or accessories, such as
jewelery or glasses, that have connected computer devices incorporated
in their design. Such devices contain many smart sensors and are connected On/off
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wirelessly—either via the internet or Bluetooth—to another device, such
as a smartphone, that tracks the data the wearable device collects. Wearable
technology has been around since the late 1970s, with devices such as the
calculator watch and digital hearing aid. However, progress in wearable
technology advanced rapidly in the early twenty-first century, when sensors
and chip sets became much cheaper and more readily available. Wearable
technology can have many different functions. Some devices are used to
track medical data, such as measuring heart rate, breathing patterns, Interchangeable
band
and temperature. Others are used to monitor
fitness, with many using GPS (below) to track PEBBLE
how many steps a user has walked, or how
Battery Frame accommodates
many miles they have run, for example. prescription lenses
Some wearable technology is designed to
merge the digital world with the physical
world—for example, Google Glass, which
projects digital information, such as maps
and text notifications, onto the glasses’
screen without obstructing the view
of the real world. Speakers
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HOW GPS WORKS
Camera
Satellite 2 Prism
Satellite 1
GOOGLE GLASS

The receiver takes a
reading of its distance
from two satellites. The
receiver is located along
the plane where the two
resultant spheres meet

Earth

Satellite 3
A signal from a third
satellite defines two
positions on that plane.
The position on the
Earth’s surface is read
as the correct location
Optical
touchpad
RECON JET
HD camera
Polarized Battery
lens

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