If Seymourpowell's beauty concept Atmosphére is any indication of the future of wearables, we'll soon be counteracting the negative effects of pollution, urbanization, and age itself within our own bubbles of protection wearing fashionable and functional pieces of AI-powered devices everywhere we go. Industrial design and innovation agency Seymourpowell proposes integrating artificial intelligence to imbue wearables with the ability to actively protect users from toxic urban environments in the convenience of a wearable design. Location-based data and the users' personal data, including skin type and monitored physiological/environmental feedback (e.g. The device's ribbed design is an aesthetic detail, but also operates as vents around the rim of the Atmosphére. Sensors adjust air filtration, humidity, and temperature, alongside dispensing health and beauty measures like sun protection as determined by user preference with the aid of AI.

London studio Seymourpowell has designed concepts for a wearable collar and chaise longue powered by AI, which use atomised cosmetic products to protect city-dwellers from harmful pollutants. The wearable collar and chaise longue, called Atmosphère, convert beauty products into fine particles or droplets before projecting them onto the user in the form of vapour. As the studio explains, this process encapsulates them in a "beauty bubble" that is meant to shield them from toxic substances in their urban surroundings. The duo of conceptual devices were born from research that showed a growing focus among consumers on cleansing rituals, not just for the skin and body but also for the mind. In response to the threat of future water-shortages, both designs aim to replace "water heavy" beauty routines with new tech-powered experiences that leave the user feeling equally refreshed.

It is a widely accepted irony that the more we move to a machine-driven, Artificial Intelligence-based world, the more demand there will be for so-called soft skills and the human touch. In fact, according to a report by management consultancy Deloitte entitled'Talent for survival: Essential skills for humans working in the machine age', cognitive and social skills such as complex problem-solving, creativity, collaboration and critical thinking are already more than twice as important as manual skills to the economy. But by 2030, demand for soft skills will have jumped by another 5%, creating 8.9 million new jobs. Soft skills will undoubtedly be more important in the age of AI. AI's strength is in undertaking repetitive, predictable tasks at scale and velocity – so mining big data speedily.