Why Do Consumers Use Wearable Technology?

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Research Question
Should consumers who purchase wearable technology have more control over the data being stored and sent to kept in databases

Introduction Wearable Technology can be seen everywhere nowadays. We see them in advertisements, movies, celebrities, and maybe some co-workers you work with. Wearable technology is becoming more and more popular every year and it's continuing to grow popular even now. I choose this topic because I personally find technology extremely fascinating and have noticed that people have started implementing technology on devices that we are able to have with us 24/7 . The topic was relevant an issue for me because I am currently pursuing the computer science program at school and I currently take computer …show more content…

Is it really harmless not to inform consumers that their daily fitness life is being recorded and used by companies to help "advance" their products? These privacy issues are undoubtedly ethical ones because invade the privacy of consumers. They also unaware that this is going on and need to be informed about this issue. They also lead to multiple questions: Is wearable technology less ethical than normal technology? Should a government forbid (or at least limit) the data be sent to these databases? Should wearable technology firms have a consent form for consumers to sign on the fact that your privacy is being accessed without your knowledge? Should a government be more precautious on the data that is being collected? We all know that ethics is the area of knowledge that tries to determine what is best for the individuals and their societies. I have found on the Internet that definition of the word that seems relevant in the context of my reflective project: Branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. …show more content…


Wearable technology has been a part of the world since the 1920's. However, it really didn't kick off as something big until the 1980's with the invention of the EyeTap created by Steve Mann. His invention started with microchips started being created, therefore allowing technology to be reduced in size, and creating wearable technology and other small technical things. Once the invention of microchips started, people were going crazy with creating new technology that was portable. It wasn't until late 2000 when apple and Nike collaborated and came up with the first fitness tracker on the iPod. After this, other fitness trackers were made but it wasn't really game changing and people wanted something new and better and that's when "pebble" came out with the first fitness / stylish watch in 2012 and now we see that fitness watches are becoming the thing now in the 21st century.

2014 was regarded "The Year of the Wearable" .Businesses, military forces and medical professionals have been using wearable technology for decades, but the private consumer market has only recently started to feature items such as smartglasses, smartwatches, wearables, fitness and health trackers or even smart jewelry and smart fashion. - The Statistics

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