It was no longer enough eating, sleeping and breathing technology; come 2013, we now flaunt it on ourselves as well! The Jetsons cartoon – an animated series about a highly ‘techy’ family known for owning the famous robotic housekeeper ‘Rosie,’ that some of us grew up watching to – is ambling up at us; slowly, but surely. The past year – overlapping with the CES’14, at the start of the year – was all about the ‘wearable,’ which, in simple English is technology worn like clothes or accessories on our bodies. (Think: Nike + FuelBand, Samsung Galaxy Gear, from Oprah’s list of Favorite Things 2013 if Oprah is your Queen).
The recent wearable happens to have come hot out of Kiwi Technologies and is a big name in the field of activity trackers – gadgets used to amass data on how much one is walking, and if one so is, what should be the corresponding activity to accompany with that – start playing songs from My Playlist, or/and slip in a reminder to walk the dog as well.
With the ever-mundane, complicated existence we lead in our daily lives – living one day to the next; almost mechanically and also filling in the void as to ‘now-what-to-do-with-an-exorbitantly-expensive-smartphone,’ wearable technology has been received in gusto by the ripples of those associated with jam-packed schedules, and bursting migraines.
The founders of Kiwi Technologies based in Toronto are committed to enhancing the general well-being and happiness of the peoples. These include John David Chibuk, Ali Nawab, Zaki Hasnain Patel, Ashley Beattie, Olivier Mayrand, Mike Holmes. “The Kiwi Move is our vision for the future of wearable technology as we look to make single-function devices a thing of the past,” says Ali Nawab, Chief Executive Officer at Kiwi.
The smart gadget is actually a small (1.6 by 1.2 inches) computer accompanying the smartphone in the pocket of the ‘smart,’ albeit, thrifty user. It makes suggestions to the wearer, based on all the data it gathers from its day-to-day analysis of the individual’s lifestyle.
It also comes with standard 6 applications: 1) “move” for activity tracking, 2) “insights” for correlating daily activities to other lifestyle and behavior factors, 3) “gestures” to talk to the Internet or control home appliances, 4) “sound” for voice commands and dictation, and 5) “lock” for locking your home or valuables. For this reason, it peruses motion, temperature sensors, microphone, Bluetooth and WiFi devices. iOS and Android platforms are what it works best with.
On a positive note, Kiwi has started rolling out the butterflies out of code developer’s heads, giving them an opportunity to access raw data from their devices, fruitful in the creation of more wearable devices in the future, we hope.
The pre-order price of Kiwi is set at $99 and will be shipped earliest July 2014 for all those vying for this instrument in their hands as soon as their consuming this.
Any further questions about the product, or if you wish to order yours soon, please find the following website satiable to your liking: www.kiwiwearables.com
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Data gathered from the following sources:
http://mashable.com/2014/01/17/the-kiwi-move/
http://www.crunchbase.com/company/kiwi-wearable-technologies
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/kiwi-wearable-tech-launches-next-150000995.html
