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Designing Wearables that Last: Five Approaches to Conserving and Extending Battery Life

Automatically switching to low-power mode, energy harvesting, low-power display among possible solutions.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

Short battery life has been repeatedly cited as a big pain point for wearable devices and as a primary reason for their abandonment. Most recently, a survey by J.D. Power found that short battery life is the most common problem consumers have with their smart watch. While the perfect formula to achieve long battery life has yet to be cracked, developers are utilizing various approaches to enable their devices to last longer:   • Automatically switching to low-power mode. In this approach, th...

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