Every year around CES, Accenture releases a big global consumer survey about the consumer electronics market, asking about things like purchase intent. (We've written about it in years past.) If you're in the consumer wearables business, they say, 2016 may be a bumpy ride. John Curran, the managing director of Accenture's Communications, Media and Technology group, briefed … [Read more...]
CES Day 2: Accenture Survey Says Wearables Are Too Hard to Set Up and Use
Every year, the management consultancy Accenture surveyed about 24,000 people around the world about the state of consumer electronics. We sat down today (a blessing in itself at CES) with John Curran, a managing director with Accenture's Communications, Media and Technology Group, to go over some of the survey's more provocative findings about intelligent devices. Curran … [Read more...]
Wearable Tech and ALS
There are a couple of companies playing with brainwave wearable tech, mostly to do exploratory stuff like relaxation biofeedback or controlling cat ears for cosplay. But Philips and Accenture are taking on a bigger challenge: using brainwave technology to help patients with ALS. ALS, as you may know, is a degenerative disease that attacks neurons. It generally leaves its … [Read more...]