People prefer wearable devices that are unobtrusive, fit into daily life and existing habits, and look stylish. But even if all these boxes are ticked, do they really want to wear technology on their wrists, faces and around their necks?

In aid of Save the Children in December 2014 at Christie’s, the first ever watch to be made from ‘Fairmined’ gold – metal that was mined responsibly by miners that received fair payment – is to be auctioned for £32,000. Is this another example of consumers craving transparency?

Over 30% of people are interested in buying a smartwatch, but their unwieldy design and poor functionality have put many off. Motorola’s offering hopes to appeal to the masses with a conventional aesthetic and integration of Google Now. Could it finally normalise the smartwatch?

Wearable tech startup MC10 works at the cross-section between health and technology. Partnering with Reebok, it has designed an 'invisible' head impact indicator that monitors sports players, feeding back vital data to their coaches.

Growth in smart watch sales might be slow, but could the most promising market for smart watches be kids? Jerry Chang, founder of Jumpy, believes so. He was so struck by his children’s interest in his smart watch that he created one especially for them.

Smart watches are all the rage, but few brands have explored the format. Start-up Capitaine Train is changing that by introducing a train ticket booking app for Android Wear - the first of its kind in the world - which displays the ticket QR code ready for scanning.

Apple is hoping that Apple Pay, a tap-to-pay service integrated into the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, will help it dominate the $79.2 billion-a-year digital payments market. But can Apple succeed where so many have failed before, and truly replace our wallets with our phones?

Wearable tech enjoys a lot of hype, but do people really understand it? As the Apple Watch release grows nearer, sluggish sales of existing smartwatches suggest perhaps not. Now, a survey shows wearables are still seen primarily as fitness trackers or ‘gadgets for geeks’.