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The applications of
wearable technology
in sporting goods
TY Shiang, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan Normal University,
President, Taiwan Sports Technology Association
Flying with the mobile technology, mobile devices has an intimate relationship with our life. People start to
use all kinds of sensors or mobile APP to record daily life, such as how many steps you walked in one day,
how well you sleep, etc. Through the data quantification, all the details can be recorded and give feedbacks
which may change the way of our living. With the feedback information, we know more about ourselves
and feel happy which is the concept and final goal of “Quantify self”. This term, quantify self, originates
from the chief editors of Wired, Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf. The first meeting of quantify self was held in San
Francisco Bay Area in 2007. Apart from the sharing of “Quantify self” experiences, people get to know more
about themselves via the group recognition. In 2010, this concept waves through all the major cities around
the world. In Taipei, there were also similar meetings held in 2013. Everyone is writing his or her diary with
numbers. Obviously, “Quantify self” has been widely recognized.
Moving with the progressive technology, wireless transmission function is also elevated and the sensor
is also minimized. The range of wearable devices is much broader nowadays. The information has been
diversified day by day. According to the forecast of Gartner, an international research institute, the global