Presentation at SmartWeek 2014 on Oct 26, 2014

1. DEVELOPING FOR WEARABLES !
JEAN-LUC DAVID (@JLDAVID)

2. ABOUT ME
• 20 YEARS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
• SPECIALIZATION IN WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY
• BUILT ONE OF FIRST STREAMING MUSIC APPS
FOR GOOGLE GLASS

4. BODY API - Y COMBINATOR HACKATHON

5. WHAT IS WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY?
• EYE WEAR
• SMART CLOTHING (E-TEXTILES)
• BRAIN SENSORS
• WATCHES & WRIST
• JEWELRY
• EARBUDS & HEADPHONES
• BIOMETRIC DEVICES
• IMPLANTS & SMART TATTOOS

6. CANADA ROCKS WEARABLES

7. BECOMING A WEARABLES DEVELOPER
WORK WITH EXISTING
TECHNOLOGY
BUILD YOUR OWN
TECHNOLOGY

8. DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS

9. WEARABLES MOBILE
• SMALLER CPUS
• CONSTRAINED OR NO DISPLAY
• SIMPLIFIED USER EXPERIENCE
• STREAMING DATA
• APP STORE ECOSYSTEM
• SENSOR PROGRAMMING
• BLUETOOTH LE PROGRAMMING

10. HOW TO BEGIN
• BUY A WEARABLE DEVICE
• LEARN JAVA AND C
• HACKATHONS - TWITTER, EVENTBRITE, MEETUP.COM
• EVENTS LIKE WE ARE WEARABLES, SMARTWEEK

11. BUILD YOUR OWN
• PROTOTYPING BOARDS
• ARDUINO LILYPAD
• RASPBERRY PI
• SMARTFUN & ADAFRUIT

14. 3D PRINTING
• MAKELABS, 3DPHACKTORY
• $2000 FOR SMALL 3D PRINTED ENCLOSURES
• WET SANDING & SPRAY PAINTING

15. COMPLEXITIES & COSTS
• MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN SOFTWARE
• 10K INJECTION MOULDING UNITS = $200K
• MICRO-CONTROLLER EXPERTISE
• INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IS HARD
• BRIDGING CUSTOM HARDWARE & MOBILE IS HARD
• YOU'LL NEED FUNDING FOR A HARDWARE STARTUP

16. QUESTIONS?
JEAN-LUC DAVID
JLDAVID@GMAIL.COM
@JLDAVID
!
CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR
WEARABLES OR MOBILE PROJECTS