Attention Future Shoppers: Canadian Researchers Reveal the Techie Gadgets That Consumers Will Be Scrambling for in Holiday Seasons of the Future
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 12/11/13 -- With the holiday shopping season here, tech-savvy consumers are snapping up video games and gadgets that will keep their thumbs busy well into the New Year. But many of today's products, though sleek, remain limited in function and design. Not so for the future of consumer technology. According to researchers supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), it is only a matter of time before clothes will be "intelligent" and paper will be electric. Here are a few examples of Canadian researchers who are developing new products that could soon move on to the shelves of a future store near you.
- at is weaving electronic fibres into garments which change colour and form in response to the wearer's movement. The technology also has more practical applications in "intelligent" clothes that can track the wearer's biorhythms, from pulse and breath to movement and stress. Berzowska says her future fabrics could be used for hospital gowns that record vital signs or military uniforms that harness the thermal energy of a soldier's body to power up their devices.
- 's team at Human Media Lab has created thin, curvy technology that will bring bend to tablets of the near future. Vertegaal says his technology, called , could replace the static single computer screen of today with multiple electronic paper screens one can spread out or connect with each other for a larger, interactive smart surface.
- , head of the at the , is building smart appliances including a bathroom mirror that watches you watching yourself. This intelligent mirror, says El Saddik, will broadcast the vitals of the day, such as news headlines, weather and traffic. In addition, he says the reflective surface will also give viewers an accurate reading of their body mass index (BMI) so they know just how problematic their "problem areas" really are.
- at takes listeners on a tour of the shopping spree of the future in a podcast that can be downloaded for broadcast . Greenspan says malls will be riddled with surveillance technology that will watch people as they browse. Depending on the data they mine from the consumer profiles, he says advertisers will market directly to a shopper's smart phone, promoting incentives or discounts tailored to a consumer's specific tastes.
These are just a few of the stories the CFI-funded researchers listed above are prepared to discuss. For additional consumer technology stories, images, video and audio click for an in-depth report on consumer technology or contact our media relations specialist listed below.
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