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The Use of IoT and Smart Wearable in Everyday Life
Numerous wearable are electronic devices, such as watches and fitness trackers that act as auxiliary devices for a cell phone.
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Applied Technology Review | Thursday, December 09, 2021
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Smart clothing is an example of how IoT and innovative wearable are integrated into people's daily lives.
FREMONT, CA: Numerous wearable are electronic devices, such as watches and fitness trackers that act as auxiliary devices for a cell phone. On the other side, we're witnessing something new—wearable as fashion, appearing in apparel, footwear, and a variety of other items. It is referred to as intelligent clothing or Internet of Things (IoT) apparel. Indeed, a recent World Economic Forum (WEF) survey discovered that 92.1 percent of company leaders believe that 10 percent of individuals would wear internet-connected clothes by 2025, and 85.5 percent believe that 10 percent of eyewear will be internet-connected.
IoT is a new technology integration that has danced its way up the fashion industry's ramp. The IoT is a technology that automates our reality by communicating and interacting with everyday objects such as clients, manufacturers, organizations, and stores over the internet.
While smart clothing technology is not new, it was previously manufactured in small amounts for particular applications—such as professional sports.
Embedding IoT sensors into the fabric of shirts, pants, socks, or shoes is one of the least intrusive innovative clothing technologies and applications. Clothing that folds and stretches to fit the body may have electronic components that collect data. The data collected from the wearer's pulse, blood glucose level, body temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygen level, and any movement may include the wearer's pulse, blood glucose level, body temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygen level, and any movement. For instance, medical technology startup Rhaeos recently developed a wearable for the noninvasive monitoring of patients with cerebral fluid buildup. Similarly, wearable electronics clothes can be used to screen, track, and protect a consumer's most prized possessions.
In smart clothing, IoT sensors fundamentally optimize tasks for their consumers. Its tracking feature assists in reducing loss and enabling more competent inventory management, from detecting fraud using barcodes and RFID labels to building customer loyalty and informing users about the latest trends in wearable electronics clothes.
The IoT in smart clothes can also track the elderly, hospital patients, and toddlers. A GPS tracker in the fabric can transmit a warning when a patient with dementia wanders or when a high school student fails to arrive at a place on time. This type of wearable electronics apparel can also be used in high-risk settings, such as construction sites or mountaineering expeditions, when everyone's whereabouts must be tracked.
Since IoT clothing has several points of contact with the body, it is also possible to add more functionality into the framework than other wearable allow. For example, a shirt equipped with IoT sensors can obtain additional information about the user's blood-oxygen and glucose levels rather than simply monitoring the user's pulse and activity level. As a result, a more comprehensive and possibly more exact observation of the user emerges.