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Glass prototype seen in June 2012
White Men Wearing Google Glass"In its favour, if Google Glass
didn’t exist, all these Silicon Valley guys would be having affairs or buying unsuitable
motorbikes”
Are You a Glasshole?Take This Quiz to Find Out
7. When the cop who just pulled you over asks why you’re wearing Google Glass, the correct response is:
a. Hang on, Officer, I need to finish this email.b. Did you know you have an 8.7 rating on
PoliceFlirt.com?c. No need to read me my Miranda rights, I just
Googled ’em.d. Smile, you’re on candid camera.
8. Wearing Google Glass in public has become so controversial that Google felt compelled to publish rules of etiquette for its Explorers. Which one of the following is not on the list?
a. Don’t be creepy.b. Don’t be rude.c. Don’t “Glass out” for hours at a time.d. Don’t use Glass to peer into other people’s
souls.
The Top 10 Google Glass Myths
Myth 1 - Glass is the ultimate distraction from the real world
Myth 2 - Glass is always on and recording everything
Myth 3 - Glass Explorers are technology-worshipping geeks…Myth 5 - Glass does facial recognition (and other dodgy things)…Myth 7 - Glass is the perfect surveillance device
Myth 8 - Glass is only for those privileged enough to afford it
Myth 9 - Glass is banned... EVERYWHERE
Myth 10 - Glass marks the end of privacy
Myth 1 - Glass is bad
Myth 2 - Glass never sprays the wearer with battery acid
Myth 3 - Glass Explorers are forerunners for a superior raceof cyber-men
Myth 4 - Glass makes you look like a spazoid dorker…Myth 6 - Glass is actually an incredibly slow-flowing liquid…
Myth 9 - Glass is another steptowards the entrenchment
of an increasinglydisconnected technocratic elite
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We are not calling for a Government ban on wearable tech like glass. Rather we want to encourage individual people to think about the social impact of new technologies and to discourage the normalisation of surveillance.
This blog is speculative opinion based on public articles. It is intended to provoke debate. It is not intended to malign any group, organization, company, or individual. If anything we write offends you or disparages anyone it is probably a mistake so let us know so we can promptly correct it.
People will use it to ignore you
People will use it to stalk romantic interests
People will be “that guy/girl” who just mightbe recording this
It could be used to spy on the wearer instead
And then there’s this…
When Google Glass Goes Wrong:The Low Down and Dirty
Image: courtesy of John Halamka/BIDMC
Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston
“It looks weird, but it's better than staring at a tablet or a laptop.”
Dr. Pierre Theodore, a lung surgeon at the University of California, San Francisco, uses Glass when he performs minimally invasive surgery that requires the doctor to rely on imagery to guide the surgical instruments. Credit Leland Kim/UCSF
Google Glass making an appearance on the court for the Indiana Pacers. Credit Celeste Ballou/Pacers.com
Putting Google Glass to Work
Sources (by order of appearance)Google Glass - http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/
Google Glass available to anyone for one day only - http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/10/tech/innovation/google-glass-april-15/
The “Who’s Getting Google Glass” List, Including Geordi La Forge & Mythbuster Adam Savage - http://marketingland.com/who-getting-google-glass-list-38171
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass
What we know about Google X Lab, Silicon Valley's Area 51 - http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/02/27/what-we-know-about-googlex-labs.html?s=image_gallery
GoogleGlass Survey Result by SurveyCrest - http://www.surveycrest.com/blog/google-glass-survey-result/
BI INTELLIGENCE FORECAST: Google Glass Will Become A Mainstream Product And Sell Millions By 2016 - http://www.businessinsider.com/google-glass-sales-projections-2013-11
White Men Wearing Google Glass - http://whitemenwearinggoogleglass.tumblr.com/
Are You a Glasshole? Take This Quiz to Find Out - https://www.yahoo.com/tech/are-you-a-glasshole-take-this-quiz-to-find-out-79901226113.html
The Top 10 Google Glass Myths - https://plus.google.com/+GoogleGlass/posts/axcPPGjVFrb
10 more myths about Google Glass (mocking) - http://happyplace.someecards.com/30243/10-more-myths-about-google-glass
Nissenbaum, Helen. Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010. Print.
Stop The Cyborgs - http://stopthecyborgs.org/
When Google Glass Goes Wrong: The Low Down and Dirty - http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/03/27/when-google-glass-goes-wrong-the-low-down-and-dirty/
Drahos, Peter, and John Braithwaite. Information Feudalism. London: Earthscan, 2002. Print.
One Of America's Largest Hospitals Brings Google Glass Into The ER - http://www.fastcompany.com/3027978/one-of-americas-largest-hospitals-brings-google-glass-into-the-er
At Google, Bid to Put Its Glasses to Work - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?_r=0