Companies are constantly experimenting, trying to develop that product that stands out from all the rest, its uniqueness having the potential to sell millions. Technology undoubtedly offers an endless amount of possibilities, and if the opportunities are there, we'd be fools not to take advantage of them most of the time, but the current investigations into wearable technology quite frankly baffle me.
Since the start of the year, companies have been putting forward new technological innovations related to fashion, all of which I consider a complete waste of time.
For example:
- Clothes that display twitter updates ...
- Mobile phones that connect with your watch ... (I've never seen a phone without a clock on it, why would you need both?)
- Google Glasses ...
I cannot imagine ever needing or wanting any of these items. It's just applying technology for the sake of it.
- I do not want to be stood behind someone in a queue reading a years worth of tweets thinking #you'reanidiot.
- Sure a watch with the capabilities of a smart phone would be cool, but it's not like people are going to replace their phones with 'smart watches', after all it's missing the main feature, being able to make calls.
- As for a constant computerised lens over your eyes, it doesn't take a scientist to suggest that's going to come with health warnings ...
- Clothes that display twitter updates ...
- Mobile phones that connect with your watch ... (I've never seen a phone without a clock on it, why would you need both?)
- Google Glasses ...
I cannot imagine ever needing or wanting any of these items. It's just applying technology for the sake of it.
- I do not want to be stood behind someone in a queue reading a years worth of tweets thinking #you'reanidiot.
- Sure a watch with the capabilities of a smart phone would be cool, but it's not like people are going to replace their phones with 'smart watches', after all it's missing the main feature, being able to make calls.
- As for a constant computerised lens over your eyes, it doesn't take a scientist to suggest that's going to come with health warnings ...
The most ridiculous however, was by far the 'shoe phone'. Don't be fooled, this isn't some foreign, forward, complex new phone, it is quite literally a phone ... in your shoe ...
This is without a doubt the most impractical idea I've ever heard in my life. Just imagine it, if you want to make a call, you're going to have to stop, sit down and remove your shoe. If you need to answer your phone, again, this is going to involve you removing your shoe, you can just imagine the hassle of doing this on the tube, or even along a busy street...
What if it's an emergency, you need to call 999 but you're wearing Converses therefore it unsurprisingly takes you half an hour to unlace them. If you're wearing stilettos, that's a fairly dangerous thing to press to your head. What if you tread in dog mess, you're not going to want to press that to your head either. Literally, there are no positive uses for this invention.
What if it's an emergency, you need to call 999 but you're wearing Converses therefore it unsurprisingly takes you half an hour to unlace them. If you're wearing stilettos, that's a fairly dangerous thing to press to your head. What if you tread in dog mess, you're not going to want to press that to your head either. Literally, there are no positive uses for this invention.
Surely these supposed 'geniuses' could find something better to do with their time. I don't know, technological advances for hospitals? Things that really will benefit the world.
Welcome to the Wearable Tech Revolution: pointless, ridiculous, items that you could most certainly live without, but that I can guarantee everyone will go out and buy for the sake of it.
