The year in which the technology began to guide users – NE10

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First, they were able to measure the we did, now tell us what we have to do. This year, watches and bracelets that measure steps, pulse, calories burned and other data were the news of wearable technology.

Bracelets and smart watches come with more and more technology lovers. Some even hang on the collars of medallions dogs that tell when the animals are sleeping too little or running. Data collected by sensors in these devices are transmitted to tablets and mobile phones, whose applications analyze the activities of humans and pets because of what should be a healthy life.

This incipient movement “I Quantified” popularized this year, receiving a boost in 2015 with the sale of the future Apple clock, simply named Watch. “We often delight us a bit more about the things that take care of ourselves,” he said analyst Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group company, Silicon Valley, Calif.

Sensors installed in accessories used in our daily for monitoring daily activities that are then analyzed by computers online data centers, that one day may be able to anticipate people’s needs. Industry analysts say that many of the people who buy bracelets “fitness” usually leave them aside months later, perhaps because over time to have a device to report that gave 7,589 steps a day longer so exciting.

“Consumers do not care much for track their data,” said JP Gownder, an analyst at Forrester. “What they want is information on how to have a better life,” he continued.

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When the user accesses the phone your emails, calendar or geolocation services, Internet servers put this “I Quantified” in context, calculating that appeals to someone when you are in a certain place, at a certain time of day. “At the end of this decade, we will be talking to all the devices connected to us and they will be responding,” Enderle predicted.

“Now, if you want to marry this technology is another matter and depends on your state mental, “he added. The joke of the analyst was a reference to the movie “Her” (She), in which Joaquin Phoenix plays the character of a not too distant future who falls for a sensual operating system you use in your electronic devices.

Applications that will really stand out in the field of technology will be those that are beyond the measurement of physiological activities and unable to deliver information with personal assistants that connect the Internet to control objects such as lamps, TV sets and thermostats, exemplified the analyst Ben Arnold, NPD Group company.

“Imagine that are 9 am and I’m telling a friend that I want to eat barbecue at lunch,” said Arnold. “Then at noon, my smart watch knows it’s time to eat and recommended a nearby steakhouse because he heard the conversation in the morning. That’s the goal, “he continued.

Google could achieve that goal with your project Deep Mind, dedicated to achieve with machines to think like humans, said the expert. In addition, Google Now software is designed to anticipate what users of Android mobile devices may want to do, such as notice someone has an e-mail with the confirmation of a new, and then recommend to get out to the airport, depending on traffic at the time.

Apple has its virtual assistant Siri iPhone, while Microsoft developed Cortana to help device users equipped with Windows system.

fitness Bracelets

In the short term, market pressure will focus on smart accessories with FitBit and UP bracelets, pioneering the concept of “I Measured”, which track steps, sleep, food intake and calories consumed.

“We are in a time of great creative destruction,” said Gownder regarding this trend. “Eighty percent of what we see today is likely to fail in some way. And okay. “

A Forrester survey revealed that interest in using sensors, particularly on the wrist, notably increased last year. Titans like Samsung, Sony, LG, Motorola and Microsoft have launched their smart watches. Its capabilities beyond the control of physical activities and allow you to make calls, read emails, take pictures and interact with the applications of the devices.

It is expected that the launch of Apple Watch, next year , boost smart watches to the field of the dominant culture, thanks to the power of attraction of the brand based in California. “Every time Apple gets, the market changes radically. The tide grows and probably raise all the other boats, “Arnold said.

After the bracelets, the following trend should be smart glasses, as either the Google Glass project. “It’s the next logical step, but I’m not sure the world is ready for this,” he added. [ From AFP ]