Motorola Mobility recently posted a job listing for a senior director of industrial design for wearables, indicating the Google-owned unit is looking to ramp up their efforts in the wearable device market space. This should not be that big a surprise when one considers Google’s efforts with their Glass project and all of the smartwatch devices coming out from several vendors. The position listing indicates the person will “provide strategic leadership, champion innovation and institute best practices to create a new world class wearable’s (sic) design group within Motorola.”
The listing also makes it clear the new unit will be focused on the consumer market based on some of the language. For example, the individual will “define design strategies that synthesize technology innovation and consumer desires” and will “ensure creative direction for design is consumer focused.”
In the past, Motorola Mobility produced the MOTOACTV, a fitness focused device that was powered by Android. More recently, Motorola Mobility’s research division head, Regina Dugan, displayed an electronic authentication tattoo, which was basically a really thin patch fitted with sensors and antennas.
Readers may recall Google’s Eric Schmidt commenting earlier this year that Motorola was producing some “very, very impressive” technology that he would describe as “phones-plus.” This latest move by Motoroloa Mobility may be a good indication that the company is ready to move their work from the skunkworks to the front of the shop in the near future.
source: TechCrunch
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