{"id":7669,"date":"2013-06-04T12:42:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T12:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2013\/jun\/04\/wearable-tech-will-form-human-cloud-argues-rackspace\/"},"modified":"2013-06-04T12:42:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T12:42:36","slug":"wearable-tech-will-form-human-cloud-argues-rackspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wearable-tech-will-form-human-cloud-argues-rackspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearable tech will form \u201chuman cloud\u201d, argues Rackspace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report from Rackspace Hosting has concluded that, with the rise of wearable technology, it will drive the rise of the &ldquo;human cloud&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud computing has become an integral facet of the rise in wearable tech, with the rich data available at a user&rsquo;s command all being easily stored in the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>As a result the report, &lsquo;The Human Cloud: Wearable Technology from Novelty to Productivity&rsquo;, examined the responses of 4000 UK and US adults, as well as collaborating with experts from the Centre for Creative and Social Technology (CAST). The key takeaways were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>82% of wearable tech users in America, and 71% in Britain believed that these devices have &ldquo;enhanced their lives&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>More than four in five (87% US, 81% UK) respondents believe that wearable tech has improved their personal abilities<\/li>\n<li>Just under half (47%) of wearable tech users &ldquo;felt more intelligent&rdquo; whilst 61% &ldquo;felt more informed&rdquo;, with &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report from Rackspace Hosting has concluded that, with the rise of wearable technology, it will drive the rise of the &ldquo;human cloud&rdquo;.<br \/>\nCloud computing has become an integral facet of the rise in wearable tech, with the rich data available a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}