{"id":1356,"date":"2024-02-17T18:43:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T13:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:44:51","slug":"q-in-the-context-of-wearable-technology-which-of-the-following-tasks-is-are-accomplished-by-wearable-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-the-context-of-wearable-technology-which-of-the-following-tasks-is-are-accomplished-by-wearable-devices","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0In the context of wearable technology, which of the following tasks is\/are accomplished by wearable devices?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Location identification of a person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sleep monitoring of a person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assisting the hearing impaired person<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote mcq is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wearable-technology-wearables\">Wearable Technology (Wearables)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wearable technology, also known as \u201cwearables,\u201d is a category of&nbsp;<strong>electronic devices that can be worn as accessories, embedded in clothing, implanted in the user\u2019s body, or even tattooed on the skin.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The devices are hands-free gadgets with practical uses, powered by microprocessors and enhanced with the ability to send and receive data via the Internet. The rapid adoption of such devices has placed wearable technology at the forefront of the&nbsp;<strong>Internet of things (IoT).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wearable technology&nbsp;includes devices such as&nbsp;<strong>fitness trackers&nbsp;<\/strong>to&nbsp;monitor our fitness levels, smartwatches, heart rate monitors,&nbsp;<strong>sleep monitoring<\/strong>&nbsp;of a person&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>GPS tracking devices to&nbsp;identify the location&nbsp;of a person<\/strong>. Wearable technology also<strong>&nbsp;assists the hearing-impaired persons<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Different types of Wearables devices:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Smart Watches:<\/strong>&nbsp;A watch that does more than just telling time. It provides users notifications on their calls, messages, emails, social media updates, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fitness Tracker:<\/strong>&nbsp;Helps keep a track of the number of steps the user walks each day and continuously monitors the heart rate. Using this information, the devices is able to calculate and report accurate data on calorie burn and exercise done by the user.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Head Mounted Display:<\/strong>&nbsp;Takes you to a different world of virtual reality. It provides virtual information directly to your eyes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sports watches:<\/strong>&nbsp;The wearable devices is especially built for sports personnel who love running, cycling, swimming etc. These devices come with GPS tracker and records information on the user\u2019s pace, heart rate etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Smart jewellery:<\/strong>&nbsp;Smartwatches are designed as jewelries specially targeting women. These jewelries notify the users of their text messages, calls or emails when their phone is out of reach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Smart Clothing:<\/strong>&nbsp;The smart electronic devices are incorporated into the Wearable Clothing to give an interesting and fashionable look.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Implantable:<\/strong>&nbsp;These wearable electronics are surgically implanted under the skin. These are usually used for medical reasons like tracking contraception\u2019s, insulin levels etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3 Wearable Technology (Wearables)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[44],"years":[54],"class_list":["post-1356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-science-and-tech","years-54"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":44,"label":"Science and Tech"}],"years":[{"value":54,"label":"2019"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Science and Tech","slug":"science-and-tech","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":167,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1369,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions\/1369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1356"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=1356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}