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9. Open Sourcing Wearables

The Impact of Open Technologies and User Engagement in the Design of Body-Borne Interactive Products

Authors : Zoe Romano, Serena Cangiano

Published in: Empowering Users through Design

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Wearable technology is the “next big thing” in tech industries. Analysts forecast a consistent growth and this sector is becoming appealing to many corporations. Aim of this chapter is to present the field of wearable technology and to highlight unexplored issues generated by the relation of such technologies with the domain of proprietary versus open source businesses. If wearable technologies sell the promise of an augmented self by providing access to bio data, we can witness the emerging of a contradictory scenario: while we acquire knowledge about our bio-self through body borne devices, we also feed voluntarily a powerful data stream whose commodification and, subsequent marketability, represents the core element of the current business models related to internet connected services and social media platforms.

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Title: Open Sourcing Wearables
Authors: Zoe Romano
Serena Cangiano
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Empowering Users through Design
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-13017-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-13018-7

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13018-7_9

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