Technology has been part of my life since my earliest memories. Social Media had nothing to do with technology in my mind, so I resisted. What follows is my story. How I learned we no longer live in a world where the 'Digital' is divided from the 'Real?'...
While watching "The Force Awakens" something on the periphery struck me. Hans Solo had a deep attachment to the Millenium Falcon. Even though it was an old beat up machine, he had a bit of emotional nostalgia about it. This started me thinking about our or perhaps only my attachment to hardware. Device hardware is where most of us make our first attachment to computing devices. Apple has dominated the consumer market...
The first time I realized the enormous potential of wearable technology was at the MIT Media Lab Wearable Technology Conference. I was lucky enough to get an invite through a friend of a friend. "CMU, MIT, and Georgia Tech co-hosted the IEEE International Symposium on Wearables Computers in Cambridge, MA October 13-14, 1997. The symposium was a full academic conference with published proceedings and papers ranging from sensors and new hardware to new applications...