Category
Tech
Delegated Interfaces
Trend cluster
Category
Tech
Embrace
Designers are introducing human-like features to tech to make it more comforting.
5.1
Trend score
Trend
What is the Tech Embrace trend?
Tech Embrace: Designers and artists are looking into the extent to which modern machines and algorithms can comfort and provide solace to human beings in the tech age. Whether it is through mimicking a bodily quality or evoking a sensation, these products are an exploration or considered to alleviate anxiety.
Insight
The consumer insight behind the Tech Embrace trend
The tech age has made consumers vastly curious about their developing relationship with machinery. Many become alienated as social media fades the immediate need for face-to-face contact, while immersive technology, broadcasting media and new forms of entertainment can have a tendency to overstimulate. Many are interested in exploring the possibilities of finding comfort in technology, which is a desire driven vastly by a curiosity about the discovery of new possibilities.
Trend themes
Themes within the Tech Embrace trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Comforting Tech
Designers seek to bring human-like features to tech for providing comfort and solace to the users.
02
Mimicking Human Sensations
Machines are exploring ways to regulate anxiety by mimicking human sensations and interactions.
03
Wearable Therapeutic Tools
New-age wearable technology aims to alleviate anxiety by emitting different sensations that simulate human touch.
Industry implications
What the Tech Embrace trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Sex Toys and Accessories
Developers can create sex-tech products that cater to a broader market by providing solutions to traditionally ignored demographics.
For
Tech and Gadgets
Integrating the skin-like exterior to control various devices make way for innovative tech advancements and efficient results.
For
Healthcare and Personal Care
Wearable therapeutic tools can revolutionize the healthcare and personal care industries by providing therapy in a more accessible and intuitive way.
Workshop question
How can your products or service be optimized to soothe the alienation consumers might feel in the digital age?
Trend signals
Trend signals for Tech Embrace
Trend score 5.1 out of 10, from popularity 86%, activity 60%, freshness 9%.
Popularity86%
Activity60%
Freshness9%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Evidence
Examples of the Tech Embrace trend
3 featured examples from Oct 23 to Oct 30, 2019CategoryArt & Design
Intimacy-Introducing Hugging Machines
Lucy McRae Explores the Connotations of Mechanical Touch
Artificial intelligence can be utilized to develop more realistic and interactive hugging machines.
CategoryLife-Stages
Anxiety-Fighting Sensation-Emitting Armbands
A USC Professor Develops a Wearable Therapeutic Tool
Exploring the use of wearable therapeutic tools in mental health treatments and anxiety management.
CategoryTech
Human Gesture Device Controls
Skin-On Interfaces is a Silicone Material Used to Control a Device
The development of silicone-based materials like Skin-On Interfaces in the smartphone case industry offers disruptive innovation opportunities for creating unique and interactive…
