Youthful Wearable

Kid-targeted wearable devices tap into educational benefits

Implications - Rather than offering the same capabilities as a smartphone, kid-targeted wearable devices are being designed to promote education and personal well-being. By offering heightened engagement, wearable devices for children serve as an example of how technology can transform learning and physical activity into a form of play.
Workshop Question - How can your product or service an aspect of learning to help enhance the consumer's personal gain?
Trend Themes
1. Educational Wearables - Kid-targeted wearable devices are designed to promote education and personal well-being.
2. Charitable Wearables - Wearable bands could be used in charity programs, such as for tracking physical activity to help malnourished children in developing countries.
3. Affordable DIY Wearables - Inexpensive and easy programmable smart wearables for beginners to understand, use or connect with other smart devices.
Industry Implications
1. Education - Educational wearable devices offer an opportunity to transform learning and physical activity into a form of play.
2. Health and Wellness - Personal well-being wearables could connect with other digital health platforms to potentially impact public health outcomes.
3. Technology - New wearables for kids that are designed to be customizable and programmable could create a new category of product, fostering innovation in wearable technology.
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5 Featured, 38 Examples:
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Date Range:
Apr 15 — Nov 16
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