Developing for Wearables

Developing for Wearables

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  DEVELOPING FOR WEARABLES! JEAN-LUC DAVID (@JLDAVID)
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  ABOUT ME •20 YEARS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE • SPECIALIZATION IN WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY • BUILT ONE OF FIRST STREAMING MUSIC APPS FOR GOOGLE GLASS
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  BODY API -Y COMBINATOR HACKATHON
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  WHAT IS WEARABLETECHNOLOGY? • EYE WEAR • SMART CLOTHING (E-TEXTILES) • BRAIN SENSORS • WATCHES & WRIST • JEWELRY • EARBUDS & HEADPHONES • BIOMETRIC DEVICES • IMPLANTS & SMART TATTOOS
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  CANADA ROCKS WEARABLES
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  BECOMING A WEARABLESDEVELOPER WORK WITH EXISTING TECHNOLOGY BUILD YOUR OWN TECHNOLOGY
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  DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS
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  WEARABLES MOBILE •SMALLER CPUS • CONSTRAINED OR NO DISPLAY • SIMPLIFIED USER EXPERIENCE • STREAMING DATA • APP STORE ECOSYSTEM • SENSOR PROGRAMMING • BLUETOOTH LE PROGRAMMING
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  HOW TO BEGIN • BUY A WEARABLE DEVICE • LEARN JAVA AND C • HACKATHONS - TWITTER, EVENTBRITE, MEETUP.COM • EVENTS LIKE WE ARE WEARABLES, SMARTWEEK
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  BUILD YOUR OWN • PROTOTYPING BOARDS • ARDUINO LILYPAD • RASPBERRY PI • SMARTFUN & ADAFRUIT
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  3D PRINTING •MAKELABS, 3DPHACKTORY • $2000 FOR SMALL 3D PRINTED ENCLOSURES • WET SANDING & SPRAY PAINTING
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  COMPLEXITIES & COSTS • MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN SOFTWARE • 10K INJECTION MOULDING UNITS = $200K • MICRO-CONTROLLER EXPERTISE • INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IS HARD • BRIDGING CUSTOM HARDWARE & MOBILE IS HARD • YOU'LL NEED FUNDING FOR A HARDWARE STARTUP
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  QUESTIONS? JEAN-LUC DAVID [email protected] @JLDAVID ! CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR WEARABLES OR MOBILE PROJECTS