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Google Glasses to include bone conduction technology

, Feb 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google recently submitted FCC filings for their upcoming Google Glasses. The pair includes 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0, but they also include bone conduction technology, meaning that you can listen to audio without having pesky earbuds or headphones. Vibrations that travel through bones near your ears allow you to listen to music, while still hearing what goes on around you. Read The Full Story

Google Glasses make an appearance at the FCC

, Jan 31st 2013 Discuss [0]

We already know that the Explorer Edition of Google Glasses is about to make its public debut shortly, but not before it makes a trip through the FCC first in order to get approval for public sale. An application for Google Glasses was spotted at the FCC, and we're now getting a closer look at the details of the HUD-equipped glasses before they get handed out to developers. Read The Full Story

New prototype glasses protect you from facial recognition scanners

, Jan 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

In a world where facial recognition is becoming more and more prevalent, more and more citizens are concerned about their privacy, and with good reason. However, National Institute of Informatics professor Isao Echizen has created what's called the “Privacy Visor”, which are essentially a pair of glasses that fool most facial recognition scanners. Read The Full Story

Google Glass gets transforming nose piece patent

, Nov 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Those of you waiting for the ultimate head-mounted computer in Google's Project Glass will be glad to know that it may be coming with a nose piece that changes based on your desires - and nose size. What we're seeing today is a patent at the USPTO that's been granted to Google which shows a technology that allows for a malleable nose bridge controlled by the touchpad that sits on the side of the Glass unit (by your temple). Just incase you've got an extra-stuffy nose, you'll be set! Read The Full Story

Time calls Google Glass “Best Invention of the Year”

, Nov 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Time magazine have released their yearly "Best Inventions of the Year" list and on it is none other than our good pal Google Glass. This device was revealed in pieces throughout the year and received its very first developer-grade pre-release at this year's Google I/O convention. Users are able to wear the glasses and see a computer interface near their eye as well as take photos with a nod - the final iteration of this device may well be released inside 2013; we'll just have to wait and see! Read The Full Story

Sony HMZ-T2 Personal 3D viewer changes your perspective

, Aug 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

The next generation in 3D visuals may well have just been revealed by Sony in a device called the HMZ-T2 Personal 3D viewer. This device has been almost secretly revealed at IFA 2012 with just a peep spoken by Sony - it bringing on a next-generation look and perhaps a bit more viable final product than last year's model HMZ-T1. This device is ready to bring on a wearable 3D display for anyone willing to put the massive Geordi LaForge mask. Read The Full Story

Google Glass Explorers hangouts create chaos

, Jul 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the folks in charge of social media surrounding the Google Project Glass hardware on order right this second have created a set of Hangouts for the betterment of the project - but it didn't turn out all that great this afternoon. The first set of Google Glass Explorers hangouts ended in mass confusion and hopeful users ending up finding out little, if anything, about Google Glass that they didn't already know. Google Glass product manager Steve Lee and community manager Sarah Price hoped to hear feedback and ideas throughout the day. Read The Full Story

Apple files patent application for high-resolution display in video glasses

, Jul 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple has applied for yet another patent with the US Patent Office, but instead of smartphone-related features, this patent covers high-resolution display in video glasses. The timing may seem suspect, what with Google's current Google Glass push going strong, but Apple has actually been filing patents related to video glasses since 2006. Indeed, this is nothing new for Apple, and with this latest patent application, it seems that the company is getting closer to achieving what it ultimately wants: bringing a retina-like display to the smaller screen you'd find in video glasses. Read The Full Story

Wearable technology developer exclaims massive adoption potential

, Jul 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week we had a brief chat with Will Powell, a developer responsible for some rather fantastic advances in the world of what Google has suddenly made a very visible category of devices: wearable technology. With Google’s Project Glass nearer and nearer reality with each passing day, we asked Powell how his own projects were making advances at the same time, and how he saw advances in mobile gadgets as moving forward – and possibly away from smartphones and tablets entirely.

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Google Glass inspired project brings real-time translation

, Jul 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the inventor known as Will Powell has created a project with heads-up display technology in mind - near real time translation, right up to the mind's eye. If there's one thing Google's Project Glass has done for the world - even though it's not a product many of us can own quite yet - it's to inspire developers and technicians around the world. What Powell has done here is to take several components and combine them to create a pair of glasses that shows what a person has said in text right after they've said it - translated into any language you like. Read The Full Story

Project Glass trackpad patent shows glasses’ touchiness

, Jun 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week we're getting our first scientific look at Google's Project Glass smart glasses ability to use its frame as a trackpad. You'll be tapping your way to victory just like Marvel Comics' Cyclops when you get a pair of these babies on, and with no less than a fully patented bit of touch technology. Project Glass is a technology that we've seen several times in the wild now and will likely see next up-close at Google I/O at the end of this month. Read The Full Story

Google Project Glass demo units ramped up to 722

, Jun 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week it's been tipped by no less than the FCC that Google's Project Glass will soon be expanding in a rather large way. What before looked to be the testing ground for Project Glass in the listing for a "next-generation personal communication device." While it's possible that this is not the Project Glass device exactly, it does excite us too much to simply not report that the Project Glass testing unit might soon be on the heads of more than just a few top Google representatives. Read The Full Story
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