Wearable tech: Where do we draw the line?

By Ed Oswald  Posted on 9/17/2014
 
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Wearable tech is back in the forefront with the release of the Apple Watch. Apple’s entrant is sure to help the sector overall, with expectations of tens if not hundreds of millions of devices to ship annually from Apple and others by the end of the decade.
This success does not come without its share of questions, however. Unlike our cell phones, tablets, and video game consoles, this new class of devices are different. For a lack of a better way to say it, they are a part of you. Its use carries significant societal and moral implications.
 Those issues came to my mind after reading a recent piece by my colleague Joe Wilcox. In it, he spoke of comparing the Apple Watch with Google Glass. I do agree with him on his central argument of innovation: Google Glass is far more innovative than Apple Watch in several respects.
I think he misses a bigger question, however: which device has a greater societal impact? And how will it affect us?
 
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