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Putting Amazon’s Wristband Tracker Patent in Perspective

Putting Amazon’s Wristband Tracker Patent in Perspective

Amazon (AMZN) was recently granted a pair of patents for a wristband tracker system, GeekWire reported. Amazon’s smart wristbands would track the hand movements of the wearer. By moving equipment to associates’ wrists, we could free up their hands from scanners and their eyes from computer screens,” Amazon said in a statement cited by GeekWire.