The Future Impact of Eye-tracking On Wearables and Bitcoin Payments
Technology is evolving at a very rapid pace these days, and newer trends are emerging even before the previous iteration could gain any mainstream traction. Wearables have not become all that popular just yet – simply because the excitement wears off quite fast – but that isn’t keeping companies from coming up with new ideas. Eye-controlled smartwatches open up interesting possibilities for payments and Bitcoin in the future. Creating Touchless Wearables. One of the main gripes consumers have when it comes to wearables is how they are fun for a few months and are then mostly stowed away in....
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