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Summary: Google Glass (or glasses) is almost ready to hit the streets. Just what will those people brave enough to wear the funny-looking, geeky glasses be able to do with them?

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Look out! You will soon be seeing people walking down the street wearing funny-looking eyeglasses, staring at the little eye piece and not paying attention to where they are going. The reason? Google has begun shipping its long-awaited new gadget — Google Glass.

The company just released the tech specs, which include one full day of battery life with normal usage — less, if you're using features like Hangouts and video recording that require more power. Google said you will be able to see the "equivalent of a 25-inch high-definition screen from 8 feet away".

The audio comes from a Bone Conduction Transducer system that transmits sound directly to your skull. The vibrations emanate from the structure, but the wearer should not notice.

There's 12MB of usable flash, and it's connected with Google Cloud. Google Glass automatically uploads location data along with video and photos to a Google+ Instant Upload album. It includes a 5-megapixel camera and takes video at 720p. It uses 802.11b/g wi-fi and comes with Bluetooth.

Taking a picture with Google Glass, the voice command is, "OK, Glass, take a picture."

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  • How about

    Making my wife look better looking through thoses glasses? That would be a usefull augmented reality feature.
    NothingButThesun
    Reply 1 Vote

    • I think you want to buy

      occulus rift, not google glass
      theoilman
      Reply 1 Vote

      • Or beer

        Works great, costs far less.
        William Farrel
        Reply 9 Votes

        • Enjoying Google Glass in the mean time.

          I will enjoy mine nicely. And a lot of people will as well when they see the benefit.

          Regarding privacy concerns, ROFL, if you're with Apple you have less privacy then with Google, and they charge you for giving them that info. With MS, its worse. Then again, MS is just fading into oblivion, mistake after mistake after mistake.
          Uralbas
          Reply Vote

    • Save yourself the glasses

      Buy a six pack.
      toddbottom7
      Reply 1 Vote

  • Or just discard the glasses

    and see the world as it is.

    I'd rather see the bridge, not a picture of it.
    William Farrel
    Reply 5 Votes

  • Another

    piece of junk that costs too much and does too little.
    BR999
    Reply 2 Votes

  • another nail in M$ and apple coffins

    more reasons to ditch proprietary software and embrace foss innovations.
    LlNUX Geek
    Reply 1 Vote

    • What part of Google Glass is Free or Open?

      If you think Google isn't going to put a big ol' wall around this garden, you haven't been paying attention.
      matthew_maurice
      Reply 6 Votes

    • LoL, hey, what happened to you

      these days you are not lurking here that often? Is everything alright?
      Ram U
      Reply 1 Vote

  • If...

    ...they can embed this into regular looking glasses, this might have a chance to be big. Otherwise, I do not see this being more than a niche product.
    toph36
    Reply 1 Vote

  • I can see the headlines now

    Rash of Google Glass thefts as thieves rip them off unsuspecting victims heads as they run by.
    toddbottom7
    Reply Vote

  • fun applications

    It would be fun an app to superpose naked bodies in front of real ones ;-))
    aviamquepasa
    Reply 1 Vote

  • Being on your own, you can do a lot with it. But in society it will be ...

    ... BANNED because of its intrusive, "big brother", "peeping tom" features. Also, big black area in your right eye is going to really annoy you, and you will have glaring after-effect there after wearing the glasses.

    So it is not going to be something universal.
    DDERSSS
    Reply 1 Vote

    • "But in society it will be ... "

      That is blah, blah. I want to see how are they going to do that once is pervassive and/or implanted, like the future contact lens with screen on it or the next version of Glass that is going ot be almost like a regular prescription glasses or sunglasses.
      TiredOFLies
      Reply Vote

  • "Using Google Now, modeled after Apple's Siri"????

    Dear Andy Smith, could you do a little backgroung check before writing stuff like that?
    TiredOFLies
    Reply Vote

    • A better phrase?

      "Greatly influenced by" rather than "modeled after?" Just like Android and iOS. Although it is pretty much the same to me.
      rfoto
      Reply Vote

  • What can you do with Google Glass?

    Look like a total dweeb and a pervert all at the same time.
    itpro_z
    Reply Vote

  • All I've gotta say is...

    I want one!! Can't wait.
    Cain69
    Reply 1 Vote

  • "What you can do with Google Glass"

    ...besides get a brain tumor?
    Buzz88
    Reply 1 Vote
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