Wearable Technology: Disruptive or Diffusion of Innovation?

Wearable technology is on the cutting edge of today’s consumer market, combining two ever-changing industries: fashion and technology. Deepika Raj, a doctoral candidate at the University of Missouri at Columbia, posed the question is wearable technology a diffusion of innovation or a disruption of innovation? In other words, she questions whether wearable technology is a natural progression of the market, or a cause of a disturbance in today’s market through replacement of its competitors.