Nearable Technology

Description

Johannes Koponen:

"When our interaction devices get smaller and smaller, it becomes increasingly easier to create smart watches, jewelry or clothing that actually works and looks nice. There is currently a lot of buzz regarding this kind of wearable technology, or so-called “wearables” (e.g. Wikipedia, stories at Engadget).

However, the wearables are just a minuscule part of a huge Sensor Revolution, which has many names. It’s often called the Internet of Things (en / fin), the Internet of Everything or the Programmable World. The change is made possible by the Third Industrial Revolution (check the book by Jeremy Rifkin): according to Rifkin an industrial revolution happens every time both information technology (telegraph, phone, internet) and energy technology (coal, oil, renewables) are disrupted.

“Major advances in civilizations are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur.” – A.N Whitehead

When most objects and services have a name and a means to communicate with them, we will not need smart phones or wearables anymore. The information and communication technology becomes an integral part of our surroundings. It becomes Nearable Technology." (http://nakedapproach.demoshelsinki.fi/2015/03/05/get-naked-with-nearables/)