UPDATE: Tech founder denied airplane boarding after smart ring battery swells up and gets stuck on his finger: 'This is... not good'

There are many reasons you might miss a flight, but a malfunctioning smart ring is quite an unexpected one. 

Have you ever seen a smart ring up close? Unless you look closely, you can't even tell that a person is wearing a smart ring, since they look pretty similar to regular jewelry. They're also not quite as ubiquitous as smart watches, which have become quite commonplace. People wear those to answer texts without taking their phone from their pocket, or for tracking their bio stats, or just for the stylishness of such a device. 

Other people choose to wear smart rings. Although you can't take a phone call on these things, they're great if you want to track your biometric data, like seeing how many minutes you're sleeping each night. 

This dude's smart watch totally malfunctioned, and unlike a smart watch, which could just be unhooked, he couldn't even remove this thing from his finger! That's pretty scary — to watch the battery of your smart ring swell up, trapping your finger, is an event worthy of live-tweeting. Check out the whole saga below, including people's reactions, as well as the aftermath (since this guy did, unfortunately, have to miss his flight). 

Up next, read about one Long Island-based sports coach who is tired of the parents of 7-year-olds overreacting to their children's sporting performances: 'Why are the Moms acting this way?'

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