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Already available, it seems useful when climbing, but the question is, will you take the risk?

In reply to Clarenceclimb:

No.

In reply to Clarenceclimb:

great so google will not only know everything we want to know, but also everything we are doing.

In reply to Clarenceclimb:

everyone will have these in oh, about 10 years time.
And, boy, is this going to change society. It will make this era of 'technology' seem like the dark-ages.

Remember what we said about mobiles when they first appeared...

In reply to Kimono: You really think everybody will be willing to wear a pair of glasses?

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:


I've seen lots of people wearing glasses with plain lenses for no discernable reason.

In reply to Ridge: A small minority though, a long way from everybody.

In reply to Kimono:

I think they are closer to the bluetooth handsfree thingies. A big hit with cab drivers and Essex born city slickers.

In reply to Clarenceclimb:

I'm waiting for the wetware update 3.0

D

In reply to Kimono:


No, please remind me.

In reply to Clarenceclimb:
they have a long way to go before they become really useful and i think the cost could limit development but have some features which could be very good. one of the ideas i do like is that they use bone conduction for sound which is something runners and cyclists have found useful (you can hear music or other information without blocking out whats going on around you), if this is combined with visual display that isn't distracting they could be on to something.
another thing which could limit their development is that smartphones can already be adapted for some of the areas where they would be of use

In reply to Clarenceclimb:

Will it be able to remove women's clothing while I discuss world politics?

Obviously, I'd want the glasses to filter out munters.

In reply to Clarenceclimb:

Its going to sort the men out from the Borg.

D

In reply to The Lemming:

Obviously, I'd want the glasses to filter out munters.

They already exist and go under the name of 'Beer Goggles'.

In reply to Clarenceclimb:

If you want to climb, then climb. If you want to watch porn, then watch porn. But not when you're climbing. Far too risky. And you probably wouldn'nt get a signal anyway. Sounds like play station generation climbing

In reply to felt:


Well, what i and a lot of people said was that we really didn't need to use mobile phones.
This slowly developed into saying, ok maybe i will get one, but i will only use it in an emergency…hahaha!

Maybe you were different?

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:


yes i do.

Just you wait

In reply to Kimono:

I'll wait until they bring out the contact lens version.

In reply to Rob Naylor:

i suspect that won't be far off

In reply to Clarenceclimb:

nope not me, I'd like a head up display in the car sometimes, but I have the internet on me phone and some months I don't use it at all,

In reply to Kimono:

Yes! Still don't have one. Still don't need one. What's good enough for Abu Ali ibn Sina is good enough for me!

In reply to Ridge:


Plenty of people wear glasses because they have poor eyesight, or the sun is shining. I assume in time this sort of tech will find its way unobtrusively in to corrective and sun glasses.

In reply to lost1977:
Live facial recognition and automatic translation, there's some impressive and scarey tech out there.

In reply to elsewhere:

Glasses are a dead end. It won't be long before we have cybernetic implants giving a heads up display in front of you.

The next industrial revolution is the wiring up of the world- always on high speed data everywhere. We have only just dipped our toes into the water with this.

In reply to Kimono: More than ten years off, or you'll lose the bet?

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:

actually, i was being conservative…probably even less!

In reply to Kimono: Well I won't be getting them, and my mum days she won't either.

In reply to Clarenceclimb:

No

Never in a million years

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:

thats not what she told me