This patent sets out the vision for a "personal area network" that uses RFID chips in clothes, cars, houses and pretty much everything else to 'talk' to one another and connect to the internet.
The patent describes devices with both short range (wi-fi/Bluetooth) and long range (Edge, 3G etc) communications capabilities which would be able to make connections with nearby modules and access the web - a product marketer's dream, basically.
Whether anyone else would want their car and stereo talking surreptitiously to sales bots or their underwear connecting to the web without express permission is another matter.
Verdict: 6/10
The iPod-Nike technology is already here. Next stop: your handbag (or man-bag).
Credit: US Patent and Trademark Office
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