That doesn't mean that hardware is dead – there's plenty of Valley innovation in chips (e.g. Arm and Apple A4), Computers (e.g. the iPad), and other physical products.
Second, saturated markets in many parts of the world mean that hardware sales are slowing in some categories.
This would mean that hardware now lost during launch (the rockets used to put satellites into orbit usually end up at the bottom of the sea) could be flown over and over again.
The new developer program will mean that hardware makers using these standards can build in Hue-compatible features, so that the lights can be triggered by various actions.
Scalability A good thing to have; it means that your hardware and software will keep working even as site visits or transactions soar.
The big announcement is that these headset will have positional tracking which means that the hardware can tell the headset's position in space relative to the environment around it.
Obviously, the advantage of working with Suunto's well-established production pipeline means that the hardware challenge is taken out of the mix, and that aspiring wearables developers can focus on writing the software, apps and integrations that make the product work, rather than having to worry about the device on a circuit-board level.
This flexibility means that the hardware is not locked to any single proprietary software solution.
The fact that the there's no way a software-only attack can get the pincode means that some hardware-experience is needed to start hacking the device, and that will deter casual onlookers enough to make the device completely safe for curious neighbours or collegues, even if they are smart enough to, for example, install a keylogger on your PC.
Open hardware means that information about the hardware such as mechanical drawings, schematics, bills of material, layout data, and the software that drives the hardware, are all released with open licenses.
