- [Instructor] Wearable technology usually compliments
a mobile device.
Examples include smart watches,
which can connect via Bluetooth or wifi nowadays too.
So you can have greater connectivity,
a larger distance, more connectivity.
And as of the recording of this video
some common examples are the Apple watch
and the Samsung Gear S2 and a lot of these are gonna be
IP compliant for example, IP68 compliant.
So they can be immersed in water
and won't get damaged and also dust protected as well.
So smartwatches, generally these connect
to your phone, to your smartphone
but the newer versions are network ready,
meaning that you can use the smartwatch
on wifi networks by itself or in conjunction with the phone
and it increases the usability and the range of the device.
The next is fitness monitors.
These might be incorporated to a mobile device,
a smart watch or function separately
such as on an armband or something like that.
And so these usually connect
to compatible smartphones as well.
And a lot of the smartphones have their built in
fitness monitoring apps.
So, you know, you can monitor how many steps you can go
and you know, how many, what your heart rate is
if it has the right sensor on the phone
or on the fitness monitor and that kind of thing
and it can schedule your exercise routine
and it works very good for people doing
within a rehabilitation environment that kind of thing,
physical rehab.
The device we showed the Samsung Note has the built in
S health program.
And so that's what you use as a fitness monitor
and the Samsung Gear S2 watch can work
in conjunction with that.
And same thing for the Apple watch.
They have their own fitness monitor program.
And there's headsets.
These include Bluetooth based communication devices.
Headphone and microphone combos,
sunglasses with speakers, virtual reality kits.
And, you know, there's devices that can take photos.
There's, you can really combine
any of these things together and you'll find
a lot of products out there.
You know, glasses that have a camera built in,
sunglasses that have a camera that can take pictures.
Headsets that have a earpiece and a microphone
and they also have a camera built in
and so those glasses might function as sunglasses
but they can also incorporate virtual reality,
music, communications.
Most will communicate via Bluetooth
but in the future, I'm sure you'll see wifi devices as well.
Now back to those headsets for a second.
Common headsets you'll see out there
as of the recording of this video, Samsung Gear
and of course the upcoming Oculus Rift,
which is gonna be amazing, we hope.
So virtual reality kits where you're actually playing games
along with a game pad and listening and seeing everything.
And you can actually control, you know
what applications you're dealing with from that environment.
Very interesting stuff,
the whole virtual reality technology.
When you add wearable technology devices
to your mobile device there's an increased
security precaution involved with it as well.
You have another layer basically of security
because now you have your wearable devices
that are communicating with your mobile device
which is then communicating wireless
with whatever, wifi or through cellular or what have you.
So you have to think from a security mindset
and make sure that those wearable devices,
whether it's a watch or a headset or whatever is secure.
Those are some of the examples of wearable technology.
This is more on the consumer side.
Generally fixing these products means having to bring them
to an authorized repair center.
But the thing that you have to watch for that might fail
is their connection to Bluetooth or to wifi.
So remember your wifi rules and your Bluetooth rules
and pairing and understand how that works.
We talk about that in other sub lessons.
That's really what you're gonna wanna check
Bluetooth and wifi, and otherwise it's really
gonna go out for repair.
So a little bit about wearable technologies for the exam.
Really you should just be able to identify
which of these are which.
I recommend going onto your favorite shopping portal
and checking out some of these devices
for the iOS side and also the Android side, you know,
check out the newest smart watches and fitness monitors,
headsets, glasses and virtual reality kits
that are out there that can communicate
with your smartphone.
And that's about it for this sub lesson.