Could you wear a computer on your wrist?
Itâ??s a new high-tech debate, as â??wearableâ? computers begin to go on sale. Weâ??ve long grown accustomed to carrying a computer in our pocketsâ??but now tech firms are betting weâ??d rather have one on our wrist, showing us our messages, social-networking pings, maybe some Google searches. Already, over 400,000 people bought Pebble smartwatches last year, and Googleâ??s head-mounted Glass computer was released to over 10,000 early adopters. Apple is widely rumored to be putting out a smartwatch later this year.
For many, wearables seem like a final, crazed step in information overload: Tweets on your wrist! Supporters, however, claim that a smartwatch might actually be less annoyingâ??because you can quickly glance at it.
This isnâ??t the first time weâ??ve run through this debate, though. To really understand how the wearable computer could change our lives, consider the impact of the original wearablesâ??the pocket watch and the wristwatch.
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