In the mid-90s the term wearable was used in conjunction with portable computers for the first time, and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) hosted its forward-thinking “Wearables in 2005" workshop in July 1996. DARPA's heady predictions included computerised gloves which could read RFID tags, flower brooches which react to emotions and body mounted cameras. But wearables took a back seat in the late 90s and early 00s as mobile phones became the consumer gadget of choice.