Growing demand among business customers for ‘real-time’ data that can be used to improve efficiency or help employees make better decisions is fuelling demand for a new class of technology tools – wearable technology.
For example, last week UPS, the US parcels and logistics group, rolled out a new type of ‘wearable’ scanning system for employees that speeds up the loading of packages into vehicles and provides more accurate and timely tracking information for its customers.
The new device, made by Motorola Solutions, the US electronics group spun off from the old Motorola group at the start of 2011, consists of a Bluetooth-enabled hands-free barcode scanner that is worn on a finger and a small terminal worn on the employee’s wrist or hip.