Abstract
Wearable technology is the “next big thing” in tech industries. Analysts forecast a consistent growth and this sector is becoming appealing to many corporations. Aim of this chapter is to present the field of wearable technology and to highlight unexplored issues generated by the relation of such technologies with the domain of proprietary versus open source businesses. If wearable technologies sell the promise of an augmented self by providing access to bio data, we can witness the emerging of a contradictory scenario: while we acquire knowledge about our bio-self through body borne devices, we also feed voluntarily a powerful data stream whose commodification and, subsequent marketability, represents the core element of the current business models related to internet connected services and social media platforms.
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URL, March 20, 2014: http://www.google.com/glass/start.
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URL, March 20, 2014: http://www.fibit.com.
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URL, March 20, 2014: http://www.getpebble.com.
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Gattaca by Andrew Niccol , 1997, is science fiction presenting a vision of a future society driven by eugenics where potential children are conceived through genetic manipulation to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents.
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See Jawbone Up, Jawbone, 2010. URL, March 20, 2014: https://www.jawbone.com/up.
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See Fitbit One, Fitbit, 2013. URL, December 19, 2014: http://www.fitbit.com/fr/one.
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See OMSignal shirt, 2014. URL, March 20, 2014: http://www.omsignal.com.
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URL, June 2, 2014: https://m.facebook.com/OMsignal?v=info.
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URL, March 20, 2014: http://kickbee.net.
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URL, March 20, 2014: http://fr.slideshare.net/frogdesign/airwaves-by-frog-shanghai.
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URL, March 20, 2014: http://blog.arduino.cc/2013/07/11/conscious-clothing-wins-a-prize.
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URL, March 20, 2014: http://cutecircuit.com.
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URL, March 20, 2014: http://www.aiqsmartclothing.com.
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See Vibe-ing, 2014. URL, March 20, 2014: http://www.vibe-ing.com.
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See ChillHug, 2012. URL, March 20, 2014: http://chillhug.nl.
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See Lightlog project, 2014. URL, March 20, 2014: http://lightlogproject.org.
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NSA’s goal is elimination of individual privacy worldwide—Greenwald to EU 2013. RT, URL, March 20, 2014: http://rt.com/news/greenwald-eu-parliament-testimony-424/.
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URL, March 20, 2014: http://lifeloggersmovie.com.
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Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Definition version 1.0. 2014. URL, March 20, 2014: http://www.oshwa.org/definition.
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See Lilypad board, Leah Buechley, 2005. URL, December 19, 2014: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/arduinoBoardLilyPad.
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MIT High Low Tech research group 2014. URL, March 20, 2014: http://www.media.mit.edu/research/groups/high-low-tech.
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Openyou, URL, March 20, 2014: http://www.openyou.org.
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Romano, Z., Cangiano, S. (2015). Open Sourcing Wearables. In: Bihanic, D. (eds) Empowering Users through Design. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13018-7_9
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