Recently, Microsoft has filed a patent for a sensor-packed, AI-equipped backpack, elevating wearable technology to a new level. The specifications of this patented backpack are quite extraordinary, featuring capabilities such as detecting user voice, offering suggestions, recording, and storing audio. The product description states: "The current concept involves an improvement in wearable digital assistants that can perform various tasks, bringing benefits to users." Patent illustrations show that the backpack can alert users to off-piste directions while skiing or help them purchase concert tickets on the spot. The patented backpack may also identify surrounding objects, provide directions, access the cloud, and interact with other smart devices. Despite the inventive details of the backpack, Microsoft may have deemed the timing ripe, as the market demand for AI-driven wearable digital assistants is growing, and advancements in computing technology can enable more functionalities.