9 "Guaranteed" Visions Of The Future That Will Make Us All Look Stupid

2. Smart Clothes

No, not "smart clothes" but Smart Clothes.

Look, don't get me wrong, the integration of body and technology is getting more and more prevalent but the widespread use of "smart clothes" that is forecast, prototyped and internet-hyped is not nearly practical enough to take off in a big way. Not yet.

This is an extension of our current giddy enthusiasm for wearables. "Forget bulky smart watches!", they say "Soon you'll be able to download your health data from your bra!"

With the development of smart shoes that warm your toes and can be controlled via bluetooth (complete with $450 pricetag), to the smart bra with a health tracker in it, to textiles woven with a material that generate electricity (presumably to power your SmartBra3000) people remain convinced that we are on the cusp of sartorial cyborgism, but it's just another extension of those 60s Future Fashion pieces with the aerials sticking out of hats.

Consider the practicality for the time being. The benefit of a FitBit or Apple Watch is that you can wear one device every day, but many of us own a wardrobe so large and varied that we have to keep it in a different room. Either you integrate trackers into everything you own, limit yourself to a capsule wardrobe or resign yourself to only recording your data when you feel like wearing your fancy SmartPants.