Blog: Will insurers rise to the challenge as technology takes a giant leap in 2014?
Technology gurus’ predictions have often sounded like something out of a far-fetched science-fiction flick, however, recently they seem to be simply stating the obvious when they say 2014 is going to be the year of wearable technology.
Earlier in 2013 we saw Samsung launch its Galaxy smartwatch and Google unveil its Google Glasses, as some fashion houses experimented with 3D printed shoes and materials able to charge a smartphone as
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