Leading with Locomotives. Google’s ‘Project Glass’ Augmented Reality Glasses Are Real And In Testing. After weeks of speculation and rumors, Google has officially pulled back the curtain on what they have come to call Project Glass — a pair of augmented reality glasses that seek to provide users real-time information right in front of their eyes.
“We think technology should work for you — to be there when you need it and get out of your way when you don’t,” wrote Babak Parviz, Steve Lee, and Sebastian Thrun, three Google employees who are part of the Google X skunkworks. “We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input.” Something tells me that they won’t be hurting for feedback. To call these things glasses may be a bit of a stretch — early rumors noted that glasses bore a striking resemblance to a pair of Oakley Thumps, but the demo images on Project Glass’s Google+ page (one of which can be seen above) don’t look a thing like them.
[via The New York Times] More From TechCrunch On Google’s Project Glass: 64 Things Every Geek Should Know « Caintech.co.uk. If you consider yourself a geek, or aspire to the honor of geekhood, here’s an essential checklist of must-have geek skills.
The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to indicate a new type of individual: someone who is obsessive over one (or more) particular subjects, whether it be science, photography, electronics, computers, media, or any other field. A geek is one who isn’t satisfied knowing only the surface facts, but instead has a visceral desire to learn everything possible about a particular subject. A techie geek is usually one who knows a little about everything, and is thus the person family and friends turn to whenever they have a question. 2. If you rolled your eyes here, that is a good thing.
This tip is only really good for older machines running 9x based OS’s. 1. 3. Draw Something, the amazingly addictive guess-my-sketch game. Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer.
It’s been four days since the FedEx guy dropped off my new iPad—four days during which I wanted to put the device through its paces and write up a comprehensive review. Well, that didn’t happen. I wish I could tell you about the iPad’s battery life, whether its processor delivers better performance, and how 4G networking improves its portability. But other than a few minutes spent browsing the Web, I barely touched most of the new iPad’s features. Farhad Manjoo is a technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the author of True Enough. Follow Instead, like millions of other people, I went to the iPad’s App Store and downloaded the game Draw Something. Draw Something, which is available for both Apple and Android devices, sounds simple and, in some ways, unoriginal. What makes Draw Something so hard to resist? I suspect that Draw Something’s laxity on the rules contributes to its popularity. For instance, take that shark.