Category
Lifestyle
Portable Mornings
5.7
Trend score
Trend
What is the Adhesive Tech trend?
Adhesive Tech: The world of wearable technology is evolving to include devices that attach directly onto users' skin. This new form of wearable device is not only more discrete, but often more accurate in its bodily observations. Adhesive wearables indicate how technology can transform the health industry, as well as reveal an underlying desire on the part of consumers to manage and monitor their day-to-day lives.
Trend themes
Themes within the Adhesive Tech trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Skin Adhesive Wearables
Skin adhesive wearable devices are becoming more popular and are transforming the health industry, allowing for more accurate body observations.
02
Pain and Disease-Relief Patches
Innovative relief patches using adhesive technology are transforming the way pain and disease are treated, reducing negative side-effects and discomfort.
03
NFC and Wearable Health Sensors
Wearable health patches and biosensors that use NFC technology are transforming the collection of personal health data, providing more efficient and non-invasive ways of monitoring health status.
Industry implications
What the Adhesive Tech trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Healthcare Industry
The healthcare industry can benefit greatly from the development of new wearable adhesive technology, utilizing their accurate and discreteness features for better diagnosis and treatment.
For
Cosmetics and Beauty Industry
Cosmetics and beauty companies are venturing into wearable adhesive technology for better skin care, sun protection and health care.
For
Innovative Technology Industry
The development of NFC and wearable adhesive devices for monitoring health data presents disruptive innovation opportunities to companies in the technology industry for creation and marketing of new products.
Workshop question
How will the prevalence of wearable technology be impacting your industry, your consumer and your brand in the next few years?
Trend signals
Trend signals for Adhesive Tech
Trend score 5.7 out of 10, from popularity 91%, activity 72%, freshness 8%.
Popularity91%
Activity72%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Evidence
Examples of the Adhesive Tech trend
7 featured examples from Mar 17, 2015 to Jan 7, 2016CategoryLifestyle
Health-Monitoring Patches
The 'BioStamp' Premiered at CES 2016
Healthcare providers can leverage wearable technology to improve patient outcomes and increase efficiency.
CategoryFashion
Chic Blood Sugar Bands
Hi-Tech Wearable Accessory Measures Glucose Levels by a Futuristic Fashion
The healthcare industry can leverage the Sugar band to provide more convenient and accurate blood sugar monitoring solutions for patients with diabetes.
CategoryTech
Painkiller-Providing Patches
Medherant's Ibuprofen Patch Can Keep You Pain-Free For 12 Hours
The pharmaceutical industry could explore disruptive innovation opportunities by developing more advanced, controlled-release medication patches.
CategoryTech
NFC Skin Patches
Researchers are Developing NFC Tech to Collect and Send Bio-Medical Information
The healthcare technology industry can leverage flexible NFC technology to create innovative wearable devices for monitoring and transmitting vital data.
CategoryLifestyle
Disease-Fighting Smart Bandages
MultiSense Memory is a Wearable Sensor that Safely Tracks Illness
The healthcare industry can benefit from the use of smart wearable medical sensors in diagnosing and treating diseases to increase efficiency and accuracy.
CategoryTech
Diabetic-Monitoring Tattoos
This Temporary Patch Performs a Blood Sugar Test Without a Needle
The healthcare industry can invest in developing innovative wearable medical devices that can improve the patient experience.
CategoryLifestyle
UV-Tracking Skin Patches
L'Oreal Reveals its Tech-Savvy 'My UV' Skin Patch at CES 2016
Disruptive innovation opportunity: The integration of UV-Tracking Skin Patches into beauty products and cosmetics, creating a new category of sun protection and skincare products.
