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Wearable Technologies

By: Monica Murero
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet
Edited by: Barney Warf
Subject:Computer-Mediated Communication

Wearable technologies are multimedia-capable computerized devices that can be worn on or around the body as accessories with digitalized functionalities and wireless connectivity. Examples of wearable technologies include smartwatches, bracelets, and rings; intelligent fabrics and glasses; virtual reality (VR) headsets; smart medical devices; and brain-monitoring technology. This entry introduces the concept of wearable technologies; discusses their features, uses, and applications; and examines future development.

Wearable Technologies Defined

Wearable technologies incorporate high-tech miniaturized components (e.g., sensors, microcontrollers and wireless connectors, touch screens, microphones, amplifiers, temperature and water resistance trackers). Sensors are particularly important because they continuously collect physical, electrical, and chemical properties of the body and the local environment and then, through microcontrollers and algorithms, feed back that information to various interlocutors.

Because of these sensors, wearable technologies are ...

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  Murero, M. (2018). Wearable technologies. In B. Warf (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of the internet (Vol. 1, pp. 924-931). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473960367.n270
  
  Murero, Monica. "Wearable Technologies." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet, edited by Warf, Barney, 924-31. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2018. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473960367.n270.
  
  Murero, M. 2018. Wearable Technologies. In: Barney Warf Editor, 2018. The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 924-931 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473960367.n270> [Accessed 20 Aug 2022].
  
  Murero, Monica. "Wearable Technologies." The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Internet. Edited by Barney Warf. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2018, pp. 924-31. SAGE Knowledge. 20 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473960367.n270.
  
  Murero, Monica (2018). Wearable technologies In: Warf, Barney (Ed.),Wearable technologies The SAGE Encyclopedia of the internet Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2018:924-931. doi:10.4135/9781473960367.n270
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