IMS 2015: Panel Session: Wearable Electronics - Fad or Future?

Wearable electronics have received considerable publicity for their potential applications in healthcare, fitness, defense, education, ubiquitous computing, gaming and entertainment. Some recent products include for example Google Glass and smart watches, while future technologies are envisioned such as implantable systems for health monitoring, therapeutics, smart skin and other biocompatible applications based on fully flexible electronic circuitry. Such systems must have elements of communications, data input/output, data processing and energy management. The panel will debate whether such trends represent a viable technology evolution for electronics, or whether this will remain a niche market, what is the future evolution of the field and what are the barriers to success.