WEARABLES
GIMME JUICE
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One of the biggest problems facing wearables today is battery life . Battery problems will continue to block widespread adoption – no one needs more chargers to juggle . For right now , the choices for wearable tech designers are to optimize battery usage or to sidestep the problem entirely . The company that manages to truly fix the problem is the one you ’ ll want to put your money on .
! Here are some estimates of the battery life of some of today ’ s products ( although we all know that we always get less battery life than the manufacturers promise .)
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ONE YEAR ONE ETERNITY
ISSUE ONE · THIRDWAVE 29