Beyond the fitness/health niches, all the general purpose wearables today are really a consumer "solution" that don't add much convenience to our lives - but still incur considerable cost and inconvenience of their own. That will change soon.The healthcare industry is one of the biggest opportunities for wearables, which will be used to provide data management and display systems, enabling doctors to, handle the flood of electronic health data and access it when they need it - while examining a patient.
This report analyzes the wearable industry and markets for the two wearable camps described above. Forecasts are also presented for semiconductor content and markets for MEMs devices, sensors, CPUs and low-power MPUs, GPS, and connectivity chips.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Worldwide Wearable Device Trends
- 1.1. Definitions And Segmentation Of Wearable Devices
- 1.2. Market Drivers
- 1.3. Demographic Factors
- 1.4. Emerging Markets And Applications
- 1.5. Disruptive Technologies
- 1.6. Government Policy Effects.
Chapter 2. Business Aspects
- 2.1. Competitive Forces And Dynamics
- 2.2. Pricing Trends
- 2.3. Mergers And Acquisitions
- 2.4. Forecasts And Projections
- 2.4.1. Wearable Forecasts
- 2.4.2. Semiconductor Forecasts
- 2.4.2.1. General Semiconductors
- 2.4.2.1. Sensors
- 2.4.2.2. MEMs
- 2.5. Manufacturing Developments
- 2.6. Regulatory Compliance
Chapter 3. Emerging Applications
- 3.1. Digital Health
- 3.1.1. Health And Wellness Wearables: Benefits
- 3.1.2. Health And Wellness Wearables: Shortcomings
- 3.2. Body Area Networks
- 3.2.1. Introduction
- 3.2.2. Medical Wireless Ban
- 3.2.3. Wearable Bans
- 3.2.4. Implanted Bans
- 3.3. Medical Diagnostics And Screening
- 3.4. Genomics
- 3.5. Safety And Security
- 3.6. Environmental
- 3.7. Virtual Reality
- 3.8. Indoor Navigation
Chapter 4. Emerging Types Of Sensors
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Touch
- 4.3. Pressure
- 4.4. Thermal
- 4.5. Radiation
- 4.6. Humidity
- 4.7. Chemical
- 4.8. High-Performance Image And IR
- 4.9. Air And Pollution
- 4.10. Magnetic
- 4.11. Water
- 4.12. Radar
- 4.13. High-Performance Inertial
- 4.14. High-Performance Microphones And Microphone Arrays.
Chapter 5. Emerging Types Of Actuators
- 5.1. High Performance Micro Speakers
- 5.2. Optical Zoom
- 5.3. Micro Shutters
- 5.4. Energy Harvesters
Chapter 6. Emerging Manufacturing Techniques And Materials
- 6.1. Flexible And Printed Electronics
- 6.2. Smart Glass
- 6.3. Streamlined Assembly Techniques
Chapter 7. Technology Trends And Developments
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Sensor Hubs
- 7.3. Ultra-Low Power Systems And Components
- 7.4. Energy Harvesting
- 7.5. Micro Batteries And Energy Storage
- 7.6. Supercapacitors
- 7.7. Sensor Integration
- 7.8. Context Awareness
- 7.9. Connectivity With Smartphones.
Chapter 8. Provider Profiles
- AiQ
- Amazon
- Apple
- AT&T
- Belkin
- Broadcom
- Comcast
- Conexant
- COOKOO
- Dell
- Facebook
- Fitbit
- Freescale
- Google
- HP
- Imagination Technologies
- Ingenic
- Intel
- Jabra
- Jawbone
- LG
- Martian Watches
- Microsoft
- Nike
- NVIDIA
- Plantronics
- Pebble
- Qualcomm
- Reebok
- Samsung
- Sony
- Toshiba