Answers to chapter questions

Throughout the book you have been challenged with review questions – here are answers to the questions.

Chapter 1

1. Sometimes, they are defined by augmenting people in some way, such as memory, communication, or in a physical sense.
2. Typically, wearables have embedded electronics, a power source, and inputs/outputs of some description.
3. Some exciting intersections exist between wearables and science, fashion, medical, and art. Take inspiration from other fields or plan projects with others who are involved in these areas for interesting and inspired results.
4. Informed wearables are wearables that consider and focus on uses that will improve someone’s life or help them in some way. They can be designed with the thoughts and feelings of people to understand an issue better.
5. Wearables can be made for the upper body or lower body and be head-mounted, held, or worn on the wrist.
6. Ethical considerations when designing...