Rainbow Winters, a fashion design house founded by Amy Winters, incorporates technology into the clothes. Using sensors and smart textiles that adapt in response to sounds, stretch or sunlight and water, her designs can change colour and pattern. Courtesy Amy Winters
Vincent Nguyen of SlashGear wears a Google Glass while covering the introduction of the Microsoft Surface 2 in September. Mark Lennihan / AP Photo
For aspiring health nuts and to inspire couch potatoes to get active, any of these four fitness trackers will record not only the steps taken on any given day but also sleep patterns to calorie intake, mood and progress toward exercise goals. Richard Drew / AP Photo
Panasonic’s HX-A100, a wearable camera, on display at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker / Getty Images / AFP
UK-based designer Amy Winters, who founded fashion design house Rainbow Winters, incorporates technology into the clothes. Using sensors and smart textiles that adapt in response to sounds, stretch or sunlight and water, her designs can change colour and pattern. Courtesy Amy Winters
Samsung’s first watch phone, Samsung SPH-WP10, was made in 1999. Samsung Electronics / Handout via Reuters
Data collected from the Fitbit Force is displayed on a smartphone at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fitbit has issued a voluntary recall on its Force wristbands after reports began surfacing in January that the device was causing a painful skin irritation for some users. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP
A man uses an UP fitness wristband and its smartphone application. Jawbone in 2012 released redesigned UP wristbands that combine fashion with smartphone lifestyles. UP apps tailored for Apple or Android mobile devices collect data from the bands to let people get pictures of activity, sleep, eating, and even moods on any given day or over time. Nicholas Kamm / AFP
Wearable technology is shaping up to be one of the major trends at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The US-based consultancy Deloitte predicts sales of wearables should reach 10 million units this year, generating US$3 billion.