Speaker: 

Kent Lyons

Title:

Mobile & Beyond: Wearables Go Mainstream

Abstract:

Wearables have been an area of research in academia for many years. However, we are now seeing active commercial interest from both startups and multinationals alike with products ranging from glasses to smartwatches to fitness trackers. As wearables go mainstream, the nature of research needs to shift as well. In this talk, I'll provide an overview of disruptive innovation theory and discuss how it relates to the mobile and wearable landscape. Using that framing, I will present several research projects I've worked on that investigate how wearables might fit within today's mobile ecosystem and discuss implications for moving beyond mobile.

Bio:

Dr. Kent Lyons is a Principal Research Scientist at Yahoo Labs. His work focuses on creating novel technologies for wearables, mobile, and ubiquitous computing devices. He does this by creating interactive systems using wearable technologies like watches and near-eye displays. He has also built and studied fundamental interaction techniques including text entry and pointing for wearables. This research often spans hardware, firmware, mobile and multi-device technologies. Prior to joining Yahoo Labs, Kent was at the Nokia Research Center in Sunnyvale and at Intel Research in Santa Clara, CA. Kent earned his Ph.D. in C.S. from Georgia Tech in 2005.