Personal computers are available in a wide range of sizes and shapes, and are commonly embedded in clothing and jewelry such as wristwatches, rings, earrings and other body ornaments.
missTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D16). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).
Grader A: miss
In 2009 smartwatches were experimental specialty items; computers in clothing, rings and earrings did not exist as products. Wrist wearables became commercial only from 2012-2015, and computers in clothing and jewelry never became common.
Test: At least 20% of users wearing computers in clothing or jewelry: effectively 0% in 2009; clothing, ring and earring computers still well under 5% by 2014.
Smartwatch (Wikipedia) (retrieved 2026-09): In 2009 smartwatches were a pre-commercial specialty item; commercialization came with Pebble (2012) and major makers in 2013-2014.
Grader B: miss
In 2009 no computers were commonly embedded in clothing or jewelry. Smartwatches arrived 2013-2015 and stayed below mainstream by 2014; ring and earring computers never became common.
Test: Household test: wearable computers well below 5% of consumers by 2014; rings/earrings ~0%.
Wikipedia: Wearable computer (accessed 2026-09-28): Pebble 2012, Google Glass test 2013, Apple Watch April 2015; no commercial ring/earring computers documented.
All captured fields
rank
3
kind
decade_prediction
section
Computers
subject
Wearable personal computers & devices
target year
2009
timing
in
position
Chapter 9, "2009"; item Computers 3 in Kurzweil 2010, p. 12
confidence
high
note
Wording as reproduced by the author in "How My Predictions Are Faring" (2010); book page not given there. Subject label is the essay's own item heading.