Sounds like the mark of a beast, some religious text have prophesied ;-)<p>In all seriousness this is nothing new. RFI was an initial play and the tech is just maturing (getting smaller &amp; better). But really will my toilet paper have a chip and communicate with my loo to tell me how my experience was.. I don&#x27;t think so.<p>Will smartphones go away. I don&#x27;t think so. They are the evolution of a PC. Being human we want control over things. This means a mobile interface, a remote control, with an intuitive interface. Whatever form smartphones will take I doubt the interface will disappear. But they will talk to all those chips integrated into our lives.