Each Wearable in Your Christmas Stockings Started As Someone’s Idea

Wearable technology is being used by consumers, the medical sector, commercial applications and in warehouses across the country. Most people know the FitBit line of products and smartwatches from Apple and Samsung has been developed and released to the public for several years now. The wearable product market goes way beyond fitness trackers and communication devices. Clothing, medical devices, eyewear, shoes, beauty masks and jewelry have all become more intelligent with the help of sensor technology and inspiration.

It All Starts With A Spark

Most of today’s wearable devices would not be here if a visionary and an engineer never collaborated on developing an idea. In 2007, Eric Friedman and James Park were inspired to test an idea that leverages sensor technology to monitor activity in hopes of improving a person’s health awareness. Fitbit's first prototype was born a few months after that first decision to see their idea through.

In many cases, the idea for a new project can be pretty old. The idea behind Google Glass for example has been around since the dawn of personal computing. Digital eye glasses were tested by Steve Mann in 1978 in hopes of improving surveillance techniques.  This might have been the dawn of augmented reality by using eyewear.

Turning A Visionary’s Dream Into Reality

Some ideas seem ridiculous at first and the hard work of making them a reality is what helps us shape the future of wearable technology. Bringing your idea into the market involves several steps. No matter how fanciful your idea may be, we believe ideas need to be explored. It is possible to take the idea and make it a reality with the help of a product development engineer that can see your vision as you do.

One of the first things that we do is to evaluate your idea to see if the concept can stand up to a few tests. Is there a need or demand for what you are presenting? What is the purpose of the product? Once we have determined your idea serves a purpose and is marketable, we will subject it to some early stage evaluation questions used in a typical product development cycle. A lot of people think that all you need is a great idea and some early investor cash to be a success. Many ideas fail simply because they are ahead of their time or it was never put through these early stage research questions and testing.

Product Development is a Process

Don’t be discouraged, it all starts with your idea and a design engineer. Product development for wearable tech devices is what we do best. Apple Inc., Adidas AG, Garmin, Fitbit, Nike, Google Inc., Jawbone, Sony Corp, and Samsung Electronics are all doing their part to partner with wearable technology designers and visionaries with great ideas. The prediction from COMTEX is that the wearable tech market will exceed $51.5 Billion by 2020.  To get your idea to market, the first step is to get a product development company to believe in your idea and put it through the product development steps necessary. If you are an inventor with an idea, we can help you get your piece of that action.

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