Google has a new project under its belt: Project Glass. It's a futuristic idea meant to make wearable computing mainstream. It's such a cool idea, but one fraught with potential complications and safety concerns. My first thought was is this really necessary? I already feel like people are too connected to the digital world. Everywhere I look, people are glued to their phones, their iPod's and tablet screens. This has created a generation of people who can't spell and don't pay attention to the world around them. People who text while driving, despite its now being illegal, is still a huge problem and causes countless accidents and deaths every year. What kind of an impact on society will these glasses make? While you wouldn't have to divert your eyes to see messages, there would be a constant visual distraction. So, while I think it's an incredibly cool idea, I don't know if it's the wisest design for use in society.
There's an interesting article about it on TechRadar. Found here:
http://www.techradar.com/news/video/project-glass-what-you-need-to-know-1078114
There's also a video that Google made to show what a day with this technology could be like.
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