As the smart wearable electronics business grows very rapidly from over $14 billion today to over 70 billion in 2024, the dominant segment by value will remain the increasingly merged medical, healthcare, fitness, wellness sector. According to the latest market study by IDTechEx , it has the largest number of big names behind the most promising new developments -- such as Adidas, Fujitsu, Nike, Philips, Reebock, Roche, Samsung and Apple. Collectively, their intellectual property is significant and their agenda is to address many of the biggest issues of our time -- such as the aging of the population and the epidemic of obesity and diabetes. This wearable technology sector even extends to a replacement pancreas as a skin patch and exoskeletons and limbs to make the disabled whole again. The advanced infotainment sector will grow to exceed it in numbers but not value by 2024. Here, Google Glass and other eyewear will be a large sub-sector alongside smart wristwear. Smart glass...
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