We\u2019ve heard about Google Glasses. And we\u2019ve heard about Apple iWatch. And yes, we\u2019ve heard about people embedding cellphones into shoes [1]. Once again, the term \u201cwearable computing\u201d is becoming a hot topic in news and literatures. Some have even announced that the age of wearable technology is here [2]. The world is surely changing fast. Aren\u2019t we still debating who makes the best smartphones and the best tablets? What\u2019s going on here?
\nThe foreseeable booming of wearable computing is just another chapter of the unstoppable fusion process between cyber space and reality. Eventually, machine computing will become ubiquitous, and the boundary between human bodies and devices will fade away. This is a vision shared by many scientists, innovators, entrepreneurs and Hollywood writers. It\u2019s becoming a reality faster than we might have expected. Devices will no longer be just peripheral augmentations, but be inextricably intertwined with human lives.<\/p>\n