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phriot OP t1_iusju6b wrote

Reply to comment by insectula in What happened to "chips everywhere" predictions? by phriot

>I'm a bit skeptical about chips in clothing etc. I mean there has to have a good purpose, and apart from specialty items, I see no logical reason for chips to be in clothing and some of these other predictions.

I think the promise was that things like "smart clothes" would provide health and other valuable data. I don't specifically remember the claims for why the walls would be smart, but I think the idea was that you could just pull computational resources from around you as needed. Today, you'd pull any extra computation from a cloud data center.

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insectula t1_iusl0yf wrote

I see. I still would question why you would want to spend the money for every outfit and size being retrofitted instead of a universal bracelet, but there are probably some exceptions somewhere.

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insectula t1_iuslk4p wrote

What they really should do in hospitals is when they give you the ID band on your wrist, it should be smart, and output vitals on the patient. All the medical records.

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phriot OP t1_iuslpso wrote

Yes. That's why I'm asking the question. Did they get it wrong, or are we just early? In the books I mention, specifically Kaku, they talk about computation melting away, so that you don't notice or think about it too much. Your shirt getting data from your sweat is less obtrusive than a smart watch doing the same thing, but maybe having these capabilities concentrated in an actual device is better.

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insectula t1_iusmq9w wrote

I usually think "that would be cool" when I hear about ideas for the future, but never on the chips everywhere thing. I always thought "why" on that and solving a problem that isn't there. Our phones can take on a hell of a lot of tasks.

In fact this whole Metaverse thing...

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