Now that everybody's talking about—but nobody's buying—smartwatches, it's time for the next thing. The smaller thing. The ring thing:

Forget smartwatches—smartrings are the new thing now. An Indiegogo campaign for a product called the "Smarty Ring" has hit its funding goal. Smarty Ring is a 13mm-wide stainless steel ring with an LED screen, Bluetooth 4.0, and an accompanying smartphone app. The ring pairs with a smartphone and acts as a remote control and notification receiver.

The ring supposedly has a 24-hour battery life. Here's video:



Now join me in a thought experiment: