AXIOS June 21, 2021
Scott Rosenberg

Tech’s biggest companies are ramping up competition for the real estate between your hand and your elbow.

The big picture: The next big hardware platform after the smartphone will likely involve devices for your eyes, your ears and your wrists.

One big challenge for designers of this wearable computer of the future is where to put the central processor and the battery needed to power it.

Your forearm looks like the best candidate, right now.

Driving the news: Facebook is readying a competitor to Apple’s Watch for release next summer, The Verge recently reported.

  • Facebook’s watch, per that report, will have a video camera on the front and will also be detachable, allowing users to deploy a second camera...

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