Superpower?: The Wearable-Tech Revolution
10/2022 · Orca Think Livro 7 · Orca Book Publishers
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Key Selling Points
- Introduces readers to the field of wearable technology and its origins, terminology, key inventions and applications in society, now and in the future.
- Innovations in wearable tech are happening almost every day in medicine and health and throughout industries of all kinds. As many as 50 million people in the United States use wearables and the market continues to grow (predicted to be worth $35 billion by 2024).
- Readers will meet the inventors, scientists, engineers and designers at the forefront of this new tech revolution.
- Challenges readers to think critically about wearable technology, its implications and the pros and cons of technology for technology’s sake, using values, ethics and the principles of responsible design.
- Highlights STEM and STEAM topics for young readers.
- The author is a health-policy researcher, writer and adviser with more than 20 years of writing experience with health agencies.
Key Selling Points
Introduces readers to the field of wearable technology and its origins, terminology, key inventions and applications in society, now and in the future.
Innovations in wearable tech are happening almost every day in medicine and health and throughout industries of all kinds. As...
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Elaine Kachala is a health-policy researcher, writer and adviser. She has over 20 years of writing experience with health agencies. Superpower? The Wearable-Tech Revolution is her first book. Elaine has a special interest in wearable technologies. She’s curious and hopeful but can’t help being a little worried about how wearables will impact our health, well-being and equity. With degrees in psychology and sociology from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in environmental studies from York University, she brings a unique perspective to the topic. Elaine lives with her family in Toronto.
Elaine Kachala is a health-policy researcher, writer and adviser. She has over 20 years of writing experience with health agencies. Superpower? The Wearable-Tech Revolution is her first book. Elaine has a special interest in wearable technologies. She’s curious and hopeful but can’t help being a ...
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