Computer chips becoming as common as potato chips

Everyday new ways of harnessing computer processors are being created around the world. Crafty inventors are finding new ways of harnessing the power of computers in items as mundane as umbrellas and clothes.

Here's one example from a New York Times article:

The umbrella might be free — if you’re willing to listen to it whisper advertising offers in your ear: “Psst. You know that raspberry-pimento-vanilla coffee you like? The store you’re about to pass just took a fresh batch out of the roaster 12 minutes and 34 seconds ago. Oops. 35 seconds.”

Has the world become so disconnected that people have to hope it rains to get a decent conversation?