Posted on 07/25/2025 8:13:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
The age of smartphones is coming to an end. A bold prediction from Bill Gates reveals a revolutionary new tech set to replace your phone forever.
In a bold prediction that’s making waves across the tech world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has suggested that smartphones could soon be obsolete, replaced by an entirely new kind of technology. Forget everything you know about handheld devices—Gates envisions a future where electronic tattoos become the new norm.
The Decline of Smartphones
Smartphones have been an indispensable part of our lives for over a decade. From checking emails to scrolling through social media and navigating our daily routines, these devices have shaped how we interact with the world. But Gates believes this era is nearing its end. According to Medium, Gates points to electronic tattoos, developed by Chaotic Moon and later acquired by Accenture, as the next big leap in personal technology. Instead of holding a phone in our hands, these tattoos could allow us to communicate, access the internet, and even monitor our health, all without a screen in sight.
The key advantage? These tattoos are integrated into the body. Imagine having a device embedded in your skin that lets you interact with the world through simple gestures or touch. It’s sleek, unobtrusive, and possibly more intuitive than anything we’ve seen so far. The tattoos are powered by tiny nanocapacitors, and they don’t require bulky batteries or displays, making them a far more subtle alternative to today’s mobile devices.
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How Do These Tattoos Work?
You might be wondering, “What exactly are electronic tattoos?” Well, think of them as temporary skin applications that use smart ink filled with nanocapacitors. These tattoos can communicate with surrounding devices, letting you do things like send messages, browse the web, or even unlock doors—all with a simple swipe or gesture.
Beyond communication, these tattoos could also monitor vital signs like your heart rate, body temperature, and even detect potential health issues before they become serious. They are, in essence, a health tracker and a communication tool rolled into one. And the best part? They’re invisible, meaning no more holding a phone or carrying a bulky device around. It’s a seamless experience where technology becomes a part of you, not something you carry.
The Big Questions: Privacy, Security, and Ethics
As exciting as this sounds, it raises some serious questions about privacy. These tattoos would collect an immense amount of personal data, from your location to your health metrics. Who owns this data? How do we ensure it’s protected? These are the kinds of ethical dilemmas that are bound to crop up as we move closer to this kind of technology.
Moreover, imagine the security risks. With biometric data stored on your skin, could someone hack into your tattoo or steal your identity in new and more dangerous ways? Digital security could take on a whole new meaning, as cybercriminals may look for ways to exploit this deeply integrated tech.
Still, there are undeniable advantages. The tattoos could replace the need for passwords, credit cards, or even physical keys. In theory, they could provide a level of security that’s far more robust than anything we have today, thanks to their biometric uniqueness.
A Revolution in Wellness
Another fascinating aspect of electronic tattoos is their potential to change how we think about health and wellness. The ability to monitor heart rate, sleep patterns, and other critical health markers continuously could help us catch potential health issues before they become urgent. In a world where wellness tech is rapidly evolving, these tattoos could provide more accurate, real-time health data than any current wearable.
But there’s also the social impact to consider. If these tattoos become mainstream, it could mean the end of screen addiction. Without the constant distraction of staring at a smartphone screen, we might experience a more focused, less fragmented interaction with technology. This shift could fundamentally alter our social behavior and even how we relate to one another.
However, this also brings up another issue: the social divide. How accessible would this technology be? If only certain groups have access to it, the digital divide could become even more pronounced.
Bill Gates and his successors had tried repeatedly to get a foothold in the phone/PDA/handheld market, and failed spectacularly despite being early favorites back in the Windows CE era.
There is no reason to take his prognostications seriously now.
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What a splendid idea! why everyone could be tracked by the government all the time. Remember
"If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear.'Lavrenty Beria
More likely Big Tech will just con people into getting chips implanted in them. Then Big Tech will share all data with the government, just like they do now.
The “Jab” ——One Step Beyond.
Enough of people like him dictating to the rest of us what’s inevitable.
I want a new technology that:
- Doesn’t tell everyone where I am all the time
- That doesn’t tell everyone what I just bought
- That doesn’t tell everyone where I have just been
- That doesn’t tell everyone how fast I’m driving
- That doesn’t tell everyone the state of my health
- That doesn’t tell everyone how much money I have in the bank
I could go on and on.
How about we develop a technology that is NOT based on shredding my privacy and helping everyone to take my money from me?
Tattoos?
It will be implants connected to the nervous system and/or the brain.
It’s probably at least a generation away, but people will be sending the equivalent to texts and emails without touching a device, and playing games or browsing the internet with their thoughts, and the scariest part is, they will have their own AI “personal assistant” reminding them of everything. At which point, people’s frontal lobes will begin to atrophy.
Not just no but hell no! Imagine the government and big tech being able to monitor and track you every second of every day.
No. No. A thousand times no!
I want to occasionally USE a phone.
I do not want to BE a phone.
There are some circumstances where this would be a great benefit, as when a user has certain disabilities, maybe one arm is missing or paralyzed. But no. I’m not that concerned with being constantly on the grid or constantly subject to being monitored and digitally tattled on to unknown third parties.
What about if a friend needs to ‘borrow your phone’ for just one quick call? Kidnapping or being annoyingly delayed?
Somebody else can take my tattoo appointment.
You get it. Good job.
I’ll pass.
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I’m gonna say I’m waaaayyyy too old to buy into this bullshit.
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