New technology inventory from graphene to flexible display smart wearable devices

From the big tech giants to the various start-ups in the corner, everyone is wondering about the unlimited potential of new materials graphene in smart wearable devices. From crowd-funding to small-volume manufacturing to rapid prototyping of prototypes, everyone is working hard to put the dream of graphene applications into reality! For now, the only obstacle to the development of smart wearable devices in the future looks like we are humans. Your own imagination, do not underestimate the potential of new technology development!

The good news is that a series of new technological breakthroughs that will change our view of things have begun to take shape. This really helps smart wearable devices to enter our daily lives and become the center. As 2015 approaches, let us look forward to the dawn of the New Year and look forward to new technologies that will change the next generation of smart wearable devices.

Flexible display

Even if the size becomes larger and larger, the display screen is still a constraint factor on the smart phone. After all, it is the largest component on the hardware device and plays an extremely important role in the user experience. Mobile phone screens are also an important reason for smart phone manufacturers to battle the software battlefield.

Compared with smart phones, the role of display screens in smart wearable devices is even more important. Display size and flexibility are important limitations of products. After all, the displays of smart watches and health bracelets are too small. The human body is not a wooden pile. Each person has a specific body shape. Some of them have bumps, some are round and plump, and others are angular. Wearing a hat is one thing, and for a smart wearable device with built-in chips, it is challenging to cater to everyone's body.

Smartphone manufacturers agree and strongly believe that flexible display technology will revolutionize the mobile phone field at some time in the future, and the same judgments exist for smart wearable devices. There are huge differences in people's body sizes. It is difficult to imagine how to create a platform device that can meet everyone's size. The vast majority of smart wearable devices on the market today are far from reaching the above goals. Flexible display technology may solve this problem!

Flexible battery

Like the flexible display, the flexible battery is also a weapon that makes the smart wearable device more comfortable. The development of flexible battery technology allows manufacturers to more easily customize the appearance of smart wearable devices, South Korea's consumer electronics giant is currently trying to do this.

In addition to the size and shape of the battery, battery life is also a big problem. Whenever smart devices add new features, the battery's battery life will undergo new tests. Take smart wristband products that can track human motion and sleep status. The battery life that a single charge can bring is still too limited.

Perhaps manufacturers have ignored the application of charge-free solar technology. After all, unlike smart phones, which are always covered in pockets or covered by protective covers, devices that are worn on the human body will always have enough time to see the sun, and flexible solar chargers have also been formed.

In addition, another possible solution is to use the energy generated by the movement of human machinery to power the wearable device. Although the self-charging scheme based on human body heat is also an option, considering that such devices need to be permanently attached to human skin , so it will greatly reduce the comfort.

Fabric sensor

It is another way of thinking that the fabric sensor completely moves, and smart wear technology is directly implanted into the clothing. Even the most lightweight smart wearable devices, after all, are external foreign objects, and psychologically there is a little more or less exclusionary feeling. Imagine if you would like to take off your smart bracelet when you are sitting at a computer and you feel more convenient. For the author, every day, these wearable devices will be taken off without a break. Sometimes it seems at home that these smart wearable devices exist. For now, smart wearable devices are still far from being one-size-fits-all and one-size-fits-all.

Scientists are currently developing optical fiberglass that can track motion. We assume that using a smart phone as a future mobile information hub device and implanting a variety of sensors into the garment can get rid of the fate of being “armed” by various wearable devices. And then boldly imagine that garment manufacturers can fully seize this great opportunity to seamlessly integrate various fabric sensors based on optical glass fibers into future apparel products. Nike can develop a movement-aware sports shorts.

Graphene

Everyone should have not forgotten the graphene mentioned at the beginning of this article! This is a miraculous new material that has been hotly debated for months. It will change our perception of everything forever. Graphene is a new material composed of carbon atoms in a single-layered sheet structure. The carbon atoms consist of sp2 hybrid orbitals that form a hexagonal plane film with a honeycomb lattice, and have only one carbon atom thickness. The world's thinnest, hardest nanomaterial is known, it is almost completely transparent, absorbing only 2.3% of light; thermal conductivity up to 5300 W/m?K, higher than carbon nanotubes and diamonds, its migration at room temperature The rate is over 15000 cm2/V?s, which is higher than that of carbon nanotubes or silicon crystals, and the resistivity is only about 10?8 ?m, which is lower than that of copper or silver and is the material with the smallest resistivity in the world. Due to its extremely low resistivity, electron transfer speed is extremely fast, so it is expected to be used to develop a new generation of electronic components or transistors that are thinner and faster in conduction speed. Since graphene is essentially a transparent, good conductor, and is also suitable for use in the manufacture of transparent touch screens, light panels, and even solar cells, it can be said that graphene has the potential to be directly implanted into apparel, or directly through new materials. To achieve charging.

Why can't it be popular? Cost is a big obstacle. It makes no sense for users to use the smart wearable device that sells kidneys. Of course, prices will also drop. Bill Gates, a technology tycoon, has even started to fund the study of graphene-based condoms. As far as ensuring good protection performance, it is as ultra-thin as possible, providing users with unprecedented possibilities. Love and experience. This is not a joke. Is this not the embodiment of the ultimate wearable technology?

3D printing

3D printing technology is promoting the realization of the third industrial revolution, that is, one of the rapid prototyping technologies. It is based on a digital model file and uses layered printing methods such as powdery metal or plastic bonding materials. The technology to construct objects is no stranger to them. Apart from the ability to create highly customized prosthetics, why not apply 3D printing technology to the field of smart wearable devices? Everyone has seen the process based on injection molding. Earplugs, if such high-end earplugs can be printed in 3D, the manufacturing costs will drop dramatically. Future smart wearable products are not far away from ordinary users.