The Pentagon has partnered with Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), and 159 other private companies and universities to develop wearable tech for military use.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the creation of a new institute in San Jose called "Flexible Hybrid Electronic Institute" on Friday. The institute will work to develop manufacturing techniques and new applications for flexible electronics.
The Pentagon has partnered with Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), and 159 other private companies and universities to develop wearable tech for military use.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the creation of a new institute in San Jose called "Flexible Hybrid Electronic Institute" on Friday. The institute will work to develop manufacturing techniques and new applications for flexible electronics.
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Wearable technology is getting a turbo boost from silver.
You see, sports and technology companies have already developed wristbands, shoe inserts, and smartphone apps that can track your heart rate, distance covered, and several other data points.
Monday's presentation by Apple boss Tim Cook revealed that the Apple Watch is a less useful, less compelling, and less user friendly version of the iPhone. But people also sniggered at the iPad back in 2010, when it wasn't clear why users would want a device that was less useful than a laptop and had less connectivity than a mobile phone.
Money Morning readers know how much I love the exploding trend in wearable tech. It has created a critical need for apparel that can best integrate today's burgeoning technology. Consider specifically fitness-related wearable tech. Its successful integration (or lack thereof) will have a very real impact on athletic performance. In professional competitions billions are at […]
We're in the very first stages of a leap in wearable tech that will rival the greatest breakthroughs in how we use computers.
It's called augmented reality. It's a type of holographic projection, but merged with the real world.
And the company at the cutting edge of this revolutionary wearable technology isn't Google, Apple, or Sony.
It's Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT).
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook played diagnostician Feb. 10 at the 2015 Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco.
He voiced doctors' concerns that the average person lives too sedentary a lifestyle nowadays. That's why he is so amped about the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch (set for debut sometime early this year). "I use Apple Watch constantly in the gym to track my exercise. If I sit for too long, it will actually tap me on the wrist to remind me to get up and remove, because a lot of doctors think sitting is the new cancer."
The Apple Watch proves Cook has picked up on one of the most profitable trends in 2015: wearable tech.
Wearable Tech Stocks 2015: Expect a lot of major developments in wearable technology this year as the big tech companies fight for turf in this rapidly growing market.
BI Intelligence estimates that sales of wearable tech devices will rise from about 33 million units shipped this year to over 50 million in 2015. From there, BI says the wearable tech market will nearly triple by 2019, to 148 million units.
But getting there will come in fits and starts. Much experimentation will mark the 2015 wearable tech market as companies try to figure out what customers are willing to wear - and buy.
Here's a look at the top contenders in 2015...
The wearable technology industry is growing at an explosive rate, and is quickly becoming part of our everyday lives. In fact, the research firm Canalys recently claimed wearables will be a "key consumer technology" by the end of this year.
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Wearable tech is expected to grow 78.4% through the end of 2018. If we want to get on the road to wealth that tech provides, then this is a sector we must cash in on.
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Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) has an insurmountable advantage in the wearable tech market that will guarantee the company's dominance of this sector for the foreseeable future.
Apple's edge in wearable tech is not like the technological advantage the company had with the iPhone in 2007. No, this is an area that other tech companies know little or nothing about.
And yet this is the key to why the Apple Watch will be a blockbuster success...
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Any previous estimates of iPhone 6 sales need to be tossed out.
Evidence that Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) next-generation smartphone will include a virtually unbreakable sapphire screen will push sales far beyond earlier expectations, which means that Apple stock at below $100 is significantly undervalued.
Apple clearly thinks it has a winner on its hands - it's ordering some 30% more units of the iPhone 6 units than it did the iPhone 5s last year.
Here’s what this runaway hit will do for AAPL stock...
Stock market news today, July 9, 2014: The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 70 points on Wednesday following the release of minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's June meeting and a strong second quarter report from aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) to kick off earnings season.
According to S&P Capital IQ, analysts expect Q2 earnings from S&P 500 companies to grow by more than 6%. That's a strong gain from Q1's 3.4% in growth earnings.
One of the hottest trends for investors in 2014 has been investing in wearable technology stocks, as new products hit the market seemingly every week.
The wearable tech industry is growing at an incredible rate, and has been described as a "key consumer technology." The research shows that the industry is set to explode. In fact, it's already experiencing incredible growth.
