Principal speaker
David Rowlands
Join Dr David Rowlands, Deputy Director of SABEL labs to discuss the emergence of wearable technology over the last 10 years, from the realm of elite athletes to a mass consumer product. In a wide ranging discussion we will delve into how wearable technology works and how the shrinking of sensors and the coupling of smart devices has set the scene for an explosion of technologies in the next five years.
Lastly Dr Rowlands will introduce our special guest Judd Armstrong, CEO of Jaybird, to present SABEL labs' involvement with the new leading edge activity tracker the Jaybird Reign to be launched in the US in late October. Ranking #8 just behind Go-Pro for fastest growing consumer brand over $20 million in revenue, Jaybird is a leading edge technology company and Judd is perfectly situated to give his industry perspective on the future of wearable technology.
Dr David Rowlands is the Deputy Director of SABEL Labs and has been involved in sports and biomedical research for the last 10 years with his areas of interest including sports technology, biomedical technology, and ubiquitous/wearable computing. His research has worked to apply technology to sports such as tennis, cricket, AFL, swimming, running, and soccer to monitor athletes with the purpose of developing training aids to improve performance.
SABEL Labs is an internal enterprise and research laboratory at Griffith University in Brisbane. The lab has over a decade of experience in developing wearable technologies to enhance sports performance, as tools for health and in providing R&D services to the professional sports and consumer industries.
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RSVP on or before Tuesday 4 November 2014 , by email damian.harris@griffith.edu.au , or by phone 61755527551