Barclaycard has revealed plans to equip customers with smart gloves, so that they will be able to make purchases via the sensors that are located on their fingers. These contactless ‘tap and pay’ gloves do not look gaudy either, so that you do not end up embarrassed, but rather, like any other pair of ordinary woollen gloves. Making use of similar technology found in contactless credit cards to pay for items, these gloves are capable of paying for transactions of up to £20 without requiring one to key in the PIN number. Right now, prototypes of these Barclaycard smart gloves are being trialled in the UK, where it might see more widespread use from next year onward.