High Technology being used non-traditional ways becoming more the normal way for new technology advances.

Automobiles with Bluetooth connectivity:

I have had my driver’s license since I was a teenager. That is a long time and many vehicles ago. However, with the last vehicle I purchased I got built in Bluetooth. I readily admit, that I have added Bluetooth devices to my other vehicles, but the built in works really well. I will never buy another vehicle that does not have Bluetooth built-in!

It is now the law in Ontario to use a Bluetooth hands free connection if you want to talk on your phone while you are driving. I do not want to ever miss a call or miss placing a call because I am driving. And I drive a lot. This is especially important since the Ontario laws will be shortly increasing the fine to $280 for using your handheld device while driving.

The ease-of-use and the calibre of the Bluetooth device built into the vehicle is so much better than even the best aftermarket Bluetooth devices. One thing is you do not ever have to plug in or charge the built-in Bluetooth. I especially like having the steering wheel buttons to answer/hang up a call. Voice control is a nice feature using either method, but the physical buttons are always where you left them and they always perform as expected every time you use them. Furthermore, you never have to take your attention off driving!

Wearable Technology:

Okay, so I am usually one of the first using new technology. It is what I am and what I do. However, for years now I have not been wearing a watch. Why wear a watch? There are devices showing the time all around me all of the time, so it had become redundant to wear a watch. Odd, because I am a very punctual person and make a point of always being on time or even a bit early.

Then along came the Pebble Watch. I, of course, was one of the first people to get a Pebble watch. I love it. The Pebble cost less than I spent on any of my last three conventional watches. So cost wise, it is good. It shows the date and time and this matters because I had forgotten how convenient it is to have this always available. However, The Pebble Watch also has in infinite number of different watch faces that can be displayed. Now this is cool. If I get bored with how it looks, it is quick and simply to change the watch face and some of the watch faces are really interesting.

Watch faces are watch faces, so what is the big deal? Right? Wrong! This is because the Pebble Watch can do more. The Pebble Watch becomes a Smart Watch by communicating with your Android or iPhone via Bluetooth. The result is that you can thus get the Smart Phone’s information on your Smart Watch. Let me explain. Every Smart Phone can display the weather; so can the Pebble Watch (from your phone). Your Smart Phone can “know where you are”, so can your Pebble Watch. Are you getting the idea now?

Let me put this in perspective for you. Say you are golfer. Most golfer know that high technology has made its way onto the golf course. Your phone can have an application that knows where you are and where you need to shoot the ball. So what is the big deal here? Taking out your cell phone is a pain. It gets dropped, left behind, the screen shuts off, on and on. It just is not the best solution. No let’s say we leave the phone in your pocket (or on your belt or whatever).

Now you have a Pebble Watch and are getting ready to grab a club. You ask yourself how far it is to the hole. You glance at your watch and then you know. That is correct, the Pebble Watch has a golfing app for it. And a lot more apps as well. In fact the Pebble watch has an App Store, with free and paid Apps and a SDK for free so that you can create your own Apps to suit yourself. You might even upload them to the App Store as well.

Other wearable technology:

Garmin makes handheld GPS for years now, but now they have a wearable one for runners, even with a heart monitor. This would work for anybody who wants/needs to know their heart rate while exercising as well as wanting to know where you went and for how long etc..

Google Glasses are coming soon, with all that this means, but having high technology on your glasses brings in an entire new view on wearable technology.

Please comment on your ideas about technology now coming to traditionally non-technology places.