Tuesday 7 May 2013

The White House petition to ban Google Glass and also Google admits Google Glass may be bad for your eyes


Troubles in Google GLASS!!


There seems to be a vocal minority that are deeply concerned about the invasion of privacy caused by Google Glass.

It takes absolutely no effort, or really even a particularly strong grasp of English to create a White House petition. 

We The People was designed to make it as easy as possible to get the attention of the White House if enough people agreed with your petition, and it has yielded positive results.

The chief concern of those who are in direct opposition of Google Glass is the potential for this hardware to be used to take photos or record video of someone without their knowing. 


There’s no recording light or anything when you use the camera on Glass, and that makes people uncomfortable. Furthermore, the open source nature of Android makes it so anyone can make Glass do things that weren’t intended by its creator.

This may seem a little silly, and that’s because it is. There are dozens of other electronic devices out there that record without a notification light, and that are capable of either wirelessly sharing their recorded content to the Internet or storing it to be extracted and used later. In this aspect, there is nothing unique about Glass at all.

When Nintendo launched the 3DS with its 3D capable upper display, it also came with a warning. Very young gamers shouldn’t use it, and in general all gamers may experience some side effects like their eyes getting tired relatively quickly. I can attest to that being true with the original 3DS, less so with the 3DS XL.

So it may not come as a surprise that Google is issuing a similar warning for using Google Glass, only they’ve been more specific about who shouldn’t use it.

Let’s start with kids. Google admits that Glass could harm vision that is still developing, so nobody under the age of 13 should be using it. 


You also shouldn’t try Glass is you’ve had Lasik eye surgery as it could also cause damage to your vision. If you really want to chance it, at least consult your doctor first. But as this is such new tech, I doubt they’ll be able to give you a definitive answer.

Even if you have generally good vision, there’s every chance extended use is going to cause eye strain and/or headaches. The problem is, unlike the 3DS, you can’t turn off the feature that causes these side effects as that’s just how Glass works.

Depending on how quickly such side effects are experienced, that early adopter price tag of $1,500 will seem like even more of an unnecessary expense for what is essentially work-in-progress tech.

Glass can only record video for 20 minutes on a full charge

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Wednesday 1 May 2013

Gesture Controls Without Remote Change Your TV Channels

Gesture Controls Make Your Hand the Remote:



Fights over who gets to wield the remote control can get pretty heated, but figuring out whose turn it is to pick a channel is about to get a whole lot more complicated. EyeSight Technologies has introduced a new fingertip gesture-based technology that allows you to control your TV without the need for a remote – you just use your own hands.


EyeSight’s technology is kind of like a touch screen but without the screen. They say it is the world’s first gesture- recognition software. It works not only with televisions, but also with laptops, tablets, phones, and in-car systems. The company wants to make gesture-based controls as simple and intuitive to the entire developed world as Apple made touch screen controls.



Unfortunately for everyone hoping to install a simple piece of software and start conducting the channels with their outstretched fingers, this isn’t exactly add-on technology. The software would have to be built into the device along with a 2D webcam. Still, it would give both short-range and long-range control that would recognize not only hand movements but gestures as well.





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