Our capacity of conceiving, manufacturing and using tools with the intention of improving our lives is our day-to-day challenge. This constant desire of augmenting our human capabilities is what makes us special. So, let’s dive into the connected environment we surround ourselves with…

Connected **home 🏠**

Modern homes tend to have multiple appliances, each serving specific purposes. What if we could connect all these appliances together and be able to control each one from a distant? well, google home (Hands-free help) made it possible featuring: control smart lighting systems, control the home security, plan your day-to-day energy consumption, listen music through connected speakers, ask Siri for specific informations, ... While smart appliances helps center the controlling system, it needs to be enhanced by a security system, somehow, stored in the cloud ☁️.

Enhancing the retail experience 🛒

An experience rather than a purchase

Enhancing the retail industry would need thousands and thousands of beacons connected to each other, talking to each other. What is a beacon? A beacon is a small Bluetooth radio transmitter. It’s kind of like a lighthouse 🚨: it repeatedly transmits a single signal that other devices (smartphones, etc...) can see. It let companies gather relevant information such as the on-the-go purchaser behaviour and product or smartphones data to obtain relevant user insights. All this is giving the wearer access to better prices, special offers and discount. Welcome to the store of the future…

Blockchaining ⛓

Rapid technological developments, the pervasiveness of mobile commerce, the rise of a new type of consumer, fast movement to customer-centric retailing and personalised shopping experiences, demand fundamental changes in fashion. Changes very much needed to achieve customer satisfaction, business growth, and profitability.

• New innovative technology such as graphene-based textiles able to gather the wearer’s body electricity.
• Some sort of style-matching artificial intelligence powered fashion assistant apps.
• Smart jackets measure heart rates, self-lacing shoes track steps.
• Skin-like garments protect you from the surrounding environment. More than that, all future garments will let you know who made them, when, how and where to recycle them.
• Smart fitness shoes are even on the way!

**3D Print this s*****

The new wave of cheaper, smaller, and faster 3D printers are behind industry-changing creation. Such innovative pieces of design have already transformed the value-chains of several industries, including the apparel industry. In fashion, 3D printing technology affects supply, production, logistics, and even consumption. Some benefits but not all are: