Surely they can’t get more clever?
But this is no ordinary smartwatch, you see. Well, technically it is, but it’s been modified to do more than tell the time or alert you when you’ve got a fresh new life in Candy Crush. Thanks to Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University’s EM-Sense technology, this watch is capable of detecting what object your hand is touching. That’s right, all those stupid, unconnected things you touch every day (door handles, saucepans, toothbrushes) have been instantly smarterised. Without the need to stick an RFID chip on them.
What is this new devilry?
Science. Most everyday objects emit tiny amounts of electromagnetic noise, and when we touch them, this signal travels through our bodies. It’s too faint for us to detect, of course, but by…