Part 2. Series 4, Article 28
The time may soon come when cell phones and iPads are a thing of the past, and the smart devices on which we all rely will sit innocuously on our bodies like jewelry, watches or sunglasses with built- in super computers.
Google Glasses are already able to respond to verbal commands, and may soon include a laser-projected virtual keyboard. The glasses can display information from the internet or company files with a verbal command and display that information in the upper corner of the wearer’s vision field inside the glasses without anyone knowing.
How about smart glasses with diet management sensors that tell you your calorie intake and how much exercise you need to burn off those calories. It would know your mineral deficiencies and health needs and would create a meal plan to suit your health needs. This device would be linked to your refrigerator and would scan the UPC codes of its contents, determining your grocery list.
What if drivers wore smart glasses, which had a small screen for navigation, but also recorded the entire trip. If there was an accident, smart glasses would record exactly what you were looking at the time of the accident, as well as other information such as speed, and body information like driving after a lack of sleep or blood alcohol levels.
You would be able to recall specific details of what has been in your field of view in the past. Smart glasses could ‘remember this’ and photograph or video tape things to remember for a later time — the business card of a partner, the menu at a restaurant, a technical specification, or a particularity beautiful sunset. Each item could be tagged by the user using voice commands – location, time and date.
While saying, “Oh, Wow, Cool.” Be aware that wearable technology certainly promises a whole new level of conveniences, but it also raises some very serious privacy issues.