Trading Data for Discounts: An Exploration of Unstructured Data Through Machine Learning in Wearable Technology

The development of computing sensor devices with the capability of tracking an individual’s activity changed the way we live and move. The data collected and generated from wearable technology provides implications to the user for leading a healthy, more active lifestyle; however, the potential data uses extend beyond the user. Significant opportunity exists in the insurance industry as it relates to discounting premiums. The purpose of this research was to provide insight as to whether insurance companies should consider offering discount on premiums for policyholders who use wearable technology to track their personal fitness by identifying and suggesting potential groups of consumers to target these discounts toward. Using the platform R, researchers collected and analyzed tweets about four leading wearable technology companies including Fitbit, Jawbone, Misfit, and Withings. Both unsupervised and supervised learning techniques were pursued during the study in the form of topic modeling and artificial intelligence. Through detailed analysis, researchers determined that companies may want to consider reducing premiums for wearable technology users who use the devices for weight loss, as it would benefit both policyholders and insurance companies

Smart technology for healthcare: Exploring the antecedents of adoption intention of healthcare wearable technology

© The Author(s), 2019. Technological advancement and personalized health information has led to an increase in people using and responding to wearable technology in the last decade. These changes are often perceived to be beneficial, providing greater information and insights about health for users, organizations and healthcare and government. However, to date, understanding the antecedents of its adoption is limited. Seeking to address this gap, this cross-sectional study examined what factors influence users’ adoption intention of healthcare wearable technology. We used self-administrated online survey to explore adoption intentions of healthcare wearable devices in 171 adults residing in Hong Kong. We analyzed the data by Partial least squares – structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The results reveal that perceived convenience and perceived irreplaceability are key predictors of perceived useful ness, which in turn strengthens users’ adoption intention. Additionally, the results also reveal that health belief is one of the key predictors of adoption intention. This paper contributes to the extant literature by providing understanding of how to strengthen users’ intention to adopt healthcare wearable technology. This includes the strengthening of perceived convenience and perceived irreplaceability to enhance the perceived usefulness, incorporating the extensive communication in the area of healthcare messages, which is useful in strengthening consumers’ adoption intention in healthcare wearable technology

Wearable Technology and Schools: Where are We and Where Do We Go From Here?

The area of wearable technology is having a rapidly growing impact on society with more consumers purchasing wearable tech. At the same time, wearable technology seems to be poised to have an impact on educational settings. This paper explores the area of wearable technology related to schools. It considers how wearable technology can be used by teachers to improve instruction and by students to change how they interact with the school environment. Wearable technology applications currently being implemented as part of the curriculum in schools are identified and discussed. To conclude, traits and skills that school leaders need to exhibit for a wearable technology initiative to be successfully implemented are proposed. Wearable technology has the potential to impact schools in the same way as the computers and mobile devices of today. This paper does not set out to provide answers but is designed to create discussions about wearable technology and schools

Wearable Technology

When asked about wearable technology, many people think about Nike commercials featuring glistening athletes with chips built into their sneakers or an electronic band around their wrist. Dr. Lucy Dunne made it clear in her presentation that there is much more to wearable technology than we tend to think. The field covers a great deal of topics and different areas of study that are often the background noise in a world of fashion news and innovation

Big data and wearable technology : the impact on the health and fitness industries and their marketing strategies

The focus of this professional report will be to discuss the cross-section of big data analytics and wearable technology. The report takes an in-depth look at industries benefiting from big data analytics as well as from wearable technology. As wearable technology is a growing force in today’s marketplace, the report discusses how wearable technology has affected current marketing practices. Pointing to a company who has recently released a product line of wearable technology with data analytical software, the report discusses Under Armour’s 2016 release of their Healthbox and its implications for today’s marketing strategies.AdvertisingBusiness Administratio

Wearable Technology

Wearable technology projects, to be useful, in the future, must be seamlessly integrated with the Flight Deck of the Future (F.F). The lab contains mockups of space vehicle cockpits, habitat living quarters, and workstations equipped with novel user interfaces. The Flight Deck of the Future is one element of the Integrated Power, Avionics, and Software (IPAS) facility, which, to a large extent, manages the F.F network and data systems. To date, integration with the Flight Deck of the Future has been limited by a lack of tools and understanding of the Flight Deck of the Future data handling systems. To remedy this problem it will be necessary to learn how data is managed in the Flight Deck of the Future and to develop tools or interfaces that enable easy integration of WEAR Lab and EV3 products into the Flight Deck of the Future mockups. This capability is critical to future prototype integration, evaluation, and demonstration. This will provide the ability for WEAR Lab products, EV3 human interface prototypes, and technologies from other JSC organizations to be evaluated and tested while in the Flight Deck of the Future. All WEAR Lab products must be integrated with the interface that will connect them to the Flight Deck of the Future. The WEAR Lab products will primarily be programmed in Arduino. Arduino will be used for the development of wearable controls and a tactile communication garment. Arduino will also be used in creating wearable methane detection and warning system

Quality Function Deployment Method and Its Application on Wearable Technology Product Development

The purpose of this thesis was to investigate consumers and product developer’s expectations of wearable technology products in the context of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) framework. The specific objectives were to: 1) Explore the quality features that consumers consider most important when purchasing wearable technology product. 2) Explore the technical features product developers consider most important in the development of wearable technology. 3) Identify the technical features that wearable technology product developers need to focus on to meet the customer requirements. The Qualtrix online survey system was used to collect demographic, quantitative and essay length written responses from participants. Three hundred seventy eight men and women who were either consumers of wearable technology or professionals involved in its design and manufacture participated in this research. Data were analyzed with Statistical Analysis System (SAS) Enterprise 6.1. Open ended questions were analyzed for content and coded on an Excel spreadsheet using the thematic method. Results indicate consumers considered the most important feature of wearable technology to be Product Safety whereas professionals involved in its design and manufacture regarded Materials Selection as the most important aspect. This study provides valuable information for both industry and academia and identifies areas that must be addressed by manufacturers of wearable technology to meet consumer’s demand for product features

The Validity of Wearable Technology for Velocity Based Training

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Wearable Technology: Disruptive or Diffusion of Innovation?

Wearable technology is on the cutting edge of today’s consumer market, combining two ever-changing industries: fashion and technology. Deepika Raj, a doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri at Columbia, posed the question is wearable technology a diffusion of innovation or a disruption of innovation? In other words, she questions whether wearable technology is a natural progression of the market, or a cause of a disturbance in today’s market through replacement of its competitors

Wearable Evidence: Why the Pennsylvania Judiciary Should Require a Warrant to Search Wearable Technology

The incredible rate at which the wearable technology market has grown suggests that it has become a large part of daily life.156 Similar to cell phone usage, Americans are now wearing cutting edge devices on them everywhere they go, collecting data which assists them in their daily lives.157 But the average American using wearable technology is unlikely to think about how stored data can be used by law enforcement to incriminate them. Additionally, users of wearable technology probably don’t want their personal information disclosed to the public. As a result, the Pennsylvania judiciary must require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before searching wearable technology. The Pennsylvania judiciary has a history of extending Fourth Amendment protections and should continue to do so