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I just saw these from a clip on Google, "Google bans porn on Google Glass" by Heather Kelly, June 4. 2013. (Courtesy of CNN.com)
What is Google Glass you ask? They are interactive web-glasses that can take pictures, record and somehow store information (I haven't figured this part out yet).
Here's the link: http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/
It reminds me of those special glasses Spider Jerusalem wears in, "Transmetropolitan", the famous comic by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson.
Picture by Imageshack, Cover of Transmetropolitan vol. 2 "Lust for Life". Art by Darick Robertson. --Wikipedia.org
Applications to get those nifty glasses are now closed but you can sign up to get news spam about them. I'm assuming the glasses are reaaaaaly expensive, so there's no chance I'll be getting them soon.
I don't know how they're powered or how they work (Google keeps a tight security on their products) but I assume it's like having Google powered glasses that you speak commands into, so they must also have a mic somewhere. You can also upload pics, so it must have Wi-Fi too.
According to an article by Charles Arthur for "theguardian" http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jun/03/google-glass-facial-recognition-ban (UK based), the glasses may pose a security risk to those who value privacy as the glasses may be used for facial recognition.
Glass, a wearable system that can take still and video pictures and upload them to the internet in real time using a Bluetooth-connected smartphone, as well as using voice recognition and location data to provide information about the surroundings. The company has indicated that it wants to begin selling it for broad consumer use within the next year,
I'm sure the CIA will be ordering a ton of these then...
It's bad enough though that people have their cell phones/smart phones/whatever blocking any social interaction with the real world. Imagine if everyone started wearing these glasses and you tried to talk to them.
"Hello," You say to the guy wearing Google Glass."Hi," He says back, looking you straight in the eye with those strange glasses."Excuse me, do you know where Wall St. is?" You ask politely, since he's looking right at you.He stares at you, not answering for a bit then finally says, "Huh? You talkin' to me? I was having a private conversation here!" He then says, "No, not you! I'm talkin' to someone here...I don't know, some person on the street." He continues with his conversation with someone on his glasses, while staring at you the whole time.
I must say it would be very rude!
Although the idea of these interactive glasses may seem cool at first, imagine if they showed you the wrong information or they wouldn't shut off when you want them to, "NO, I said wrong street, not wall street!". Next thing you know, you're driving off a cliff.
What kind of person needs these things anyway?
Forbes, called the Google Glass, "A Fashion Failure" (Karsten Strauss, Forbes Staff).
You'd look something like the Borgs from Star Trek, I imagine.
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