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Failure Is the Best Thing That Could Happen to Google Glass
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-16 06:59
Today, for one day only, Google Glass goes on sale to everyone in the U.S. Everyone, that is, with an extra $1,500 to spare and a desire to become a guinea pig in a hotly contested social experiment. It’s not a stretch to say that this little test, the first that hasn’t been geared to the already converted, could steer what Google ultimately decides to do with the entire project.
Journalist: I was assaulted on street for wearing Google Glass
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-04-14 04:55
There's a temptation to believe that San Francisco is in the middle of severe social tensions around tech.
When Yahoo buses are vomited upon and Google lawyers are the targets of a protest for allegedly evicting teachers from their homes, you'd conceive that things can only get worse. And then there's Google Glass.
Google Glass to go on sale for one day next week
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2014-04-11 07:06
If you've been waiting impatiently to get a pair of Google Glass, mark your calendar and grab your checkbook.
Google announced late Thursday that it will sell prototypes of the wearable computers for one day next week in an effort to expand its cadre of early testers, known as Explorers .
First UK Google Glass trial gives Parkinson's sufferers more independence
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-04-09 10:05
Before Glass becomes a publicly available product, Google's quietly embarked on a campaign to get its iconic eyewear into the hands of those who can use it to tackle complex issues.
After it gifted five pairs to researchers at Newcastle University, Google's allowed its wearable to undergo its first UK medical trial, where it's being used to support people suffering from Parkinson's disease. Researchers want to help patients live more independently, and they're already seeing results.
MIT researchers bring Javascript to Google Glass
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2014-03-28 05:52
Earlier this week, Brandyn White, a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland, and Scott Greenberg, a PhD candidate at MIT, led a workshop at the MIT Media Lab to showcase an open source project called WearScript, a Javascript environment that runs on Google Glass. The category of wearables is still evolving. Besides activity trackers and smartwatches, the killer wearable app is yet to be discovered because wearables don’t have the lean back or lean forward human-machine interface (HMI) of tablets and smartphones.