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June 13, 2013

Wearable Computing Pioneer Says Google Glass Offers “Killer Existence”

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By Rachel Metz, Technology Review

Few gadgets have generated as much excitement and hostility as Google Glass, a voice-activated computer-monitor combo worn on eyeglass frames. Now being tested by early adopters, Glass is an ambitious attempt to advance “wearable computing.” It’s also a milestone for Thad Starner, a Georgia Tech professor who has been building and wearing head-mounted computers since 1993. A decade ago, he showed Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin a clunky version of such a device; in 2010 they hired Starner to be a technical lead for Project Glass. He met recently with MIT Technology Review IT editor Rachel Metz.

http://www.technologyreview.com/qa/515681/wearable-computing-pioneer-says-google-glass-offers-killer-existence/

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