The British company Blocks presented a project of the same name “smart watch”. A special feature of the device is its modular design - it consists of blocks, each of which adds one or another functionality to the watch, TechCrunch reports.

From the video published by Blocks on YouTube, it follows that the watch may include blocks with a camera, battery, microphone, GPS, SIM card, headphone jack. According to the authors’ plans, different companies can release “blocks”.

The screen on the watch is also replaceable. If desired, the user can add a color touch display to the device or, if the goal is to save battery power, a black and white “electronic ink” screen, like in e-readers.

The developers so far only have a non-working prototype of the watch, “printed” on a 3D printer. They expect to assemble a working model within a year. It is planned to launch the device into mass production in mid-2015. Funds for this will be raised through the “collective financing” method.

Blocks was founded in November 2013 by two students from Imperial College London. It currently employs eight employees. The company does not hide the fact that when creating the device, it was focused on the “modular smartphone” project.

The idea to release a mobile phone consisting of replaceable module blocks was submitted in September 2013 by Dutch designer Dave Hakkens. It was adopted by Motorola, which announced Project Ara a month later.

After Motorola was sold to Lenovo, Google became involved in the “modular” phone business. The development of the device is carried out by the company's advanced projects division; on sale The device will be launched in 2015.

Smart watches will be made modular