Google Glass is a wearable device designed to let you search the web, get directions, record video, or chat with friends without pulling your phone out of your pocket. Google started shipping “Explorer Edition” versions of the device to early adopters with deep pockets earlier this year, but at this point there are probably fewer […]
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Google Glass adds web browsing, other distractions (features)
Right now Google Glass is an expensive device for developers and enthusiasts looking to test (and build) the future of wearable computing. Many early reviews of the $1500 Google Glass Explorer Edition have pointed out that the device doesn’t actually do very much aside from provide directions, snap photos, shoot video, and answer some questions. But […]
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Google Glass is hackable (ADB debugging, unlockable bootloader)
This week the first people who don’t work for Google started to pick up their own Google Glass wearable computers. Google is making a limited number of Google Glass Explorer Edition devices available to developers and others who signed up for early access… and who paid $1500 to basically be guinea pigs and beta testers. […]
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Google ships Glass explorer units, announces specs, API, other details
Google is now shipping the first Google Glass Explorer Edition units to early adopters that ponied up $1500 for a chance to be guinea pigs for the new headware/mobile computer. This is the first time Google is sending Glass units to folks who don’t work for the company, and Google is releasing a lot of new information […]
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Samsung is working on a smart watch
2013 could be the year that so-called “smart watches” go mainstream. In the past year we’ve seen new companies such as Pebble and i’m grab headlines by introducing watches that perform many of the duties we usually associate with smartphones. But this year some big players in the consumer electronics space are expected to enter […]
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Google Glass will (eventually) work with prescription eyeware
Like the idea of a tiny screen floating in front of your face to give you driving directions, let you make video calls, and see breaking news alerts, but don’t want to have to wear contact lenses to use Google Glass? No problem. The Google Glass team says their upcoming wearable computers will feature a […]
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Build a Raspberry Pi-powered wearable computer for under $400
Is the $1500 price tag for Google’s Project Glass a little high for you? Instructables contributor meztek has a guide for building a wearable computer for just under $400. The secrete sauce comes in two parts: a $35 (plus shipping) Raspberry Pi computer and a pair of the cheapest glasses you can find with a […]
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Memoto raising funds for wearable camera to capture your life with 4000 photos a day
If you’ve got a smartphone, odds are you’ve always got a camera on you which you can use to document your experiences. But how often to you actually pull it out to take photos? A new project called Memoto wants to bring a tiny, wearable camera to market that automatically documents your experiences by snapping […]
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Pebble E-Paper watch raises $10 million, over 85 thousand pre-orders
The Pebble is a smart watch with a low-power E Ink display that’s easily readable in direct sunlight. While you can use the watch to tell the time, it can also be paired with an iPhone or Android phone to display caller ID information, text messages, Facebook or email alerts, or other data. It can […]
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Sony Smartwatch dissected, found not very hacker-friendly
The Sony SmartWatch is a nifty $150 device that you can wear around your wrist and use as a companion for an Android smartphone. It pairs with your phone wirelessly and lets you access Twitter, email, music, weather, and other functions from your wrist. But when hacker Chris Wade took one apart he found it […]