Wearable technologies and the future

One of the hottest topics of the year is wearable technologies. Everybody was talking about cloud computing in the previous years, now it is all about machine to machine (M2M) communication and wearable technologies. One after the other, telecommunication companies and some major brands are entering one or both markets. In Turkey, Turkcell is leading the way forward in M2M and intelligent systems. They can construct systems for warehouses and greenhouses with which you can manage everything about the business, such as inventory control, climate control and water management from remote locations. Thanks to telecommunications companies, you can talk to your refrigerator or your car whenever you want, wherever you want.

The IT companies and some major sports brands such as Nike have chosen the path for wearable technologies in the forms of watches or bracelets. Nike has its running platform and companies like Samsung have their clever watches. Nike lets you see how many kilometers you have run in how much time and lets you plot your course and share it with whomever you wish. Samsung’s smart watch lets you be connected without your, phone just like in your favorite Bond movie.

The health industry jumped on both wagons and now we have products that let doctors to track our main life indicators online and just in time along with applications that can be downloaded to our smart phones.

From a purely technological point of view, these are amazing developments. Mankind should thank all of the people who are making these technologies possible. However, technology can be used for non-friendly reasons too and we should all be aware about them; especially if we are living in a country such as Turkey, where people...