{"id":9235,"date":"2016-04-23T07:03:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T12:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/?p=9235"},"modified":"2016-04-13T17:12:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T22:12:38","slug":"how-wisewear-brings-style-to-personal-safety-for-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d30braiqprupoq.cloudfront.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/how-wisewear-brings-style-to-personal-safety-for-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"How WiseWear Brings Style to Personal Safety for Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"

How WiseWear Brings Style to Personal Safety for Seniors\"How<\/span><\/h1>\n

Wearable technology does some amazing things these days, but looking stylish isn\u2019t always one of them. Design maven Iris Apfel\u2014interior designer to 9 First Ladies and the subject of a recent documentary about her style\u2014is doing her part to change that. The 94-year old is a <\/span>model<\/a><\/strong> for WiseWear\u2019s Socialite Collection of wearable health and safety bracelets. They debuted at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show and raise the game for wearable technology design. Apfel is also designing WiseWear\u2019s next collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Multiple tools in one piece of jewelry<\/h2>\n

The bracelets combine fitness tracking tools, mobile notifications from your smartphone, and a distress-call function that sends a text message and your GPS location to your contacts when you tap the bracelet with a pattern you choose. (The company\u2019s web site says there\u2019s no automatic fall detection feature yet.) The jewelry communicates through your smart phone via the Socialite app for iOS and Android mobile devices. In effect, the Socialite bracelets blend many of the functions of a Fitbit, a personal emergency response device<\/a><\/strong>, and a smartphone in a single object that doesn\u2019t look like tech and isn\u2019t as obtrusive as a phone. <\/span><\/p>\n

Right now, WiseWear<\/a><\/strong> offers 3 styles. The Kingston is sleek, unisex, and minimalist. The Duchess features a green malachite stone inset, and the Calder has a raised link detail that evokes the mobiles of American artist Alexander Calder. Each water- and tarnish-resistant brass bracelet is coated with 18-karat gold or palladium. That\u2019s possible because the company\u2019s technology allows the device to transmit Bluetooth signals through metal that would otherwise block or interfere with them. <\/span><\/p>\n

All-ages appeal<\/h2>\n

Apfel is featured prominently on the WiseWear website, both in photos and in a mini-biography that talks about her own experiences with falls and hip replacement surgery. The product video features younger women wearing the bracelet as they go about their business at work and on vacation. The Socialite bracelets look as at home on the stylish Apfel as on the career woman and the hiker in the video. That\u2019s something a silicone-band fitness tracker or a pendant call button can\u2019t manage just yet. <\/span><\/p>\n

The multi-age marketing also highlights another aspect of WiseWear\u2019s designs. They\u2019re made to appeal to adults whatever their life stage, rather than exclusively targeting seniors. The only audience limitation seems to be size; the current offerings only fit around wrists measuring 6.5 inches or less. (WiseWear wryly notes that \u201calthough it is designed for women, your gender will not affect the way the bracelet functions.\u201d) <\/span><\/p>\n

The bracelets range in price from $295 to $345, about 3 times the cost of a Fitbit and considerably more than a personal emergency call button with automatic fall detection. They don\u2019t provide voice service as some personal emergency response systems do, and wearers must have their smartphone with them in order for the bracelet\u2019s features to work. But as a first foray into truly merging style with safety and health technology, WiseWear\u2019s designs signal that it\u2019s time for wearable technology to focus on wearability as much as technology. It will be interesting to see what Apfel does with her collection.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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