3. 3
Study hints wearable fitness trackers do more
harm than good
r e a d w r i t e . c o m
Activity Trackers Fail -- But That's Not What’s
Most Surprising About New Research Paper
F o r b e s
Don't believe the hype:
Wearable tech is little more than a novelty so far
T h e Te l e g r a p h
Wearables – Hype or Hope?
Wearables have a dirty little secret :
50% of users lose interest
Te c h R e p u b l i c . c o m
Jawbone may be getting out of the
wearables business
t e c h s i t e . i o
14. 14
Innovation in Wearables
• Product History
• Where New Product Ideas Come From
• Innovation Paths in Other Fields
• Consumer Take Up
• Future Growth
20. 20
W h e r e d o
P r o d u c t I d e a s
C o m e F r o m ?
21. 21
• Extreme Performers
• Military
• Astronauts
• Extreme Sports & Professional Athletics
Origin of Innovative Products
22. 22
Augmented Reality Headsets Most Quantified Humans
Skydiving Helmet Camera
Monitoring Athletes
Origin of Innovative Products
23. 23
• Extreme Performers
• Military
• Astronauts
• Extreme Sports & Professional Athletics
• The Hackers
Origin of Innovative Products
24. 24
Origin of Innovative Products
Hacking Open Source Components
Hacking First Personal Computer
Hacking Virtual Reality
Hacking Flight
25. 25
• Extreme Performers
• Military
• Astronauts
• Extreme Sports & Professional Athletics
• The Hackers
• Science Fiction
Origin of Innovative Products
26. 26
Origin of Innovative Products
TriCorder – Star Trek BabelFish – Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy
Automatic Shoe Lacing
Back to the Future Total Recal
27. 27
• Extreme Performers
• Military
• Astronauts
• Extreme Sports & Professional Athletics
• The Hackers
• Science Fiction
• Massive Pain Points
Origin of Innovative Products
50. 50
Inciting Incident
• New Technology
• Solving Power Problems
• Size
• Becomes Fashionable
• Wearable Security FOB
• Massive Security Breach?
• Wearable Health
• Huge Number of Lives Saved?
Inciting Incident in Wearables?
51. 51
H o w P r o d u c t
I n n o v a t i o n H a p p e n s
52. 52
How Product Innovation Happens
• Technology
• Power
• Connectivity
• Size
• Bigger
• Smaller
• Cost
• Cheaper
• More Expensive
• Diversity of Products
• Chinese Fab Centers
• 3D Printing
• Functionality
• More
• Less
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Boomerang
Ortho
• Dublin Based Startup – from DCU
• Home Based Virtual Coach
• Rehab after Orthopedic Surgery
• Using Phone’s Accelerometers
• Straps onto Leg
• Communicates with Online Physiotherapist
Open Hardware Platforms
How Product Innovation Happens
60. 60
Connected Wearables
• Connected Services
• Health & Fitness Coaching
• Big Data Analytics
• IBM Watson
• Crowd Sourcing Health
• Jawbone Analyzing Sleep Data
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Connected Wearables
“Right now we don’t data-mine healthcare
data. If we did we’d probably save 100,000
lives next year.”
Larry Page – Google CEO
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Connected Wearables
• Connected Services
• Health & Fitness Coaching
• Big Data Analytics
• IBM Watson
• Crowd Sourcing Health
• Jawbone Analyzing Sleep Data
• Current Problems
• Data Privacy
• Security
• Data Standardization
• Regulation
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I n n o v a t i o n
I n
W e a r a b l e s U s e C a s e s
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Room for New Innovation?
• Keep Within Limitations for New Innovation
• Technology
• Fulfills Consumer Need
• Usable
• Long Term Monetization Model
• Marketability
• Regulatory
• Solves Massive Pain
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