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Wearables 3.0: Exploring New Tools for Health and Wellness


The next generation of wearable technologies will offer real-time feedback and opportunities to promote health and wellness


BY COLIN MILNER T


he first pedometer, ac- cording to some ac- counts, was a windup watch created in 1780 to measure steps and


distance. Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Perrelet based the device on his 1777 mecha- nism to power a self-winding watch with the wearer’s move- ments while walking. Today we have a vast array


of tools to help us measure our steps—from digital apps to smart- watches to, yes, pedometers.


16 Fitness Business Canada Fall 2018 Ken Smith


Those pedometers are what Stanford University’s Ken Smith calls “wearables 1.0,” the start of wearable tools. Smith is a se- nior research scholar, Design Challenge leader and Mobility Division director at the Stanford Center on Longevity. From this beginning, we have


moved on to “wearables 2.0,” says Smith. We use the new form of wearable tools to track activities and behaviours such as nutrition and exercise (think FitBit and Apple Logic).


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