While wearables may be the hot thing now, the subject of Article 29 Working Party, Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Congressional scrutiny, a Reuters report says they will soon give way to “disappearables,” devices that are so small that they’ll be integrated in the ear, under the skin or woven into clothing. “In five years … everything we see now will absolutely be classified as toys,” says Nikolaj Hviid, who makes smart earbuds called the Dash, which are shaped as hearing aids and allow for music playing, phone calls and monitoring of health indicators. This shift is being driven by chips that use Bluetooth technology and are far smaller and less power hungry than previous versions.
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