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A Look at Google Glasses and What to Expect

Article by Stephen Barnum

Project Glass has been a rumor supported by a YouTube video that sparked much excitement. Project Glass is a research and development endeavor by Google to create an augmented reality head-mounted display. The video here shows what their vision of what Project Glass would be and the most recent video here shows a group of skydivers and bikers enjoying the GoogleHangout function that lets you share and record what you are seeing. There was also a video released of agroup of skydivers diving while wearing Google goggles and showing what it is they viewed. These videos are making mobile developers ecstatic. The fact is that these videos are showing real application in the world and how they can and will be used, but in a fun and exciting way. Google Glasses are set to be what Google means as a Company and their future, and what a future to have.

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Will Google Glasses Forever Change How We Look at Computers?

Google is planning to release a high-tech set of display glasses by the end of 2012. These glasses are a revolutionary concept in computers, and will take the idea of the mobile computing one step further. The glasses are rumored to have an outward facing camera, whose job is to record your movements and gestures. Supposedly, the technology will also allow your hand can reach out like a computer mouse and control the glasses’ navigation. The best part about these glasses is that the lenses are clear, which allow you to stay in touch with the rest of the world, instead of the traditional tablets, that can become all-consuming. The glasses will be Android based, and will have flash and voice input capabilities.

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How Maker Camp uses Google+ to give teens a behind-the-scenes look at tech and science

Google and MAKE magazine have joined forces to organize the first online “summer camp” on Google+, Maker Camp. Mostly targeted at 13- to 18-year-olds, this ongoing 6-week initiative lets teenagers learn about science…

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