#wearablecomputing

Added some UV reactive bits to my headphones, and decided to do a shot of Johnny, my headphone stand and makerspace mascot. The decorative pieces are magnetic, so I can remove them when I'm not attending a blacklight party.

WIP Wednesday!

This is my first pic of the MKVII headphones!

Where are the wearables you wear elsewhere?

(Read my column: https://goo.gl/2mMFoU )

Where did wearables go wrong?

Futurists promised a "wearable computing" world in which you could buy gadgets that could perform a thousand functions and live anywhere on your body.

Instead, the vast majority of wearables are biometric wristwatches, measuring mostly heart rate and bodily movement. The top-selling wearables come from Fitbit, Apple, Xiaomi, Garmin and Samsung -- all watches that measure movement and heart rate.

The overwhelming predominance of fitness watches is problematic in four ways, which I'll itemize in this column.

Despite all this, biometric-capable smartwatches get most of the wearables attention, and most of the sales.

But what about those of us who aren't in the market for another wristwatch, and already have a way (or don't want) to track our heart rate or movement? Are there any interesting consumer wearables beyond biometric fitness watches -- and glasses and earbuds, for that matter?

Turns out the answer is: Yes!

Here's the world of innovative wearables you never hear about that don't go on your wrist, face or ears and which don't primarily track biometrics:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3140460/wearables/where-are-the-wearables-you-wear-elsewhere.html