From a technical and scientific viewpoint, Wearable Computing is approaching a maturity level where it can leave universities and enter the realm of industrial and consumer applications. In order to keep a competitive advantage it is important to educate future engineers in this new technology. In the same way, university students choosing an academic career need to think about the science behind next generation wearable systems. In a broader sense, there is a need to make wearable computing more mainstream, outside of academic and engineering circles, in order to enable deployment of wearable computing driven by application scenarios.
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