Design
Please Let China's New Fare Card Be a Slap Bracelet
Here's hoping the 1990s are back!
Change is coming for Chinese commuters. Beijing is upgrading its fare card into a smart wrist strap, which will do everything from pay for rides to sync with phones to monitor daily physical activity.
Beijing plans to release the $27 gadgets by the end of February, and a whopping 400 other cities are expected to follow suit later, reports Want China Times. And while the news site makes no mention of designs for the wearable, here's my personal and passionate hope for what's hitting the streets: