A laptop, a desktop, a net-book a tablet, an iPhone no matter what type of computer it is, imagine having that directly stuck on your face.
A project called 'Google Glasses' has attempted to create a wearable computing device. Alongside Google many others have planned an idea similar. They simply just chose a pair of glasses, and placed batteries hidden in the frame. The glasses work by displaying information in front of our eyes, similar to our mobiles only directly in our face. It has a camera, GPS and scrolling by tilting our heads, with a voice recognition.
Would it be useful?
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Suppose that the idea and the projects happens, it is a new form of a different technology that in ten years the world will be craving. Linking to my earlier blog on change, it is shown how no matter what it will change. Earlier blog on change
"The word technology comes from two Greek words transliterated Techne and Logos. Techne means art and Logos means word - So technology means words or discourse about the way things are gained" - Etymology
Ancient Greek philosopher; Aristotle (384 BC-322BC) was first the write about technology in physics. He stated that "technology makes possible what is onto logically impossible would mean to claim a strange and self-contradictory magic", "technology imitates nature".
During the 19th century, technology wasn't an important term. People would talk about machines and industries however, going into the 20th century - it has been used as industrial science and technology being "employed by people to provide itself objects of material culture." - Webster, 1961.Technology has changed incredibly over the years, but what exactly does it mean?
Karl Marx(1818 -1883) was a German Philosopher who believed in Capitalism. He believed that the dominant class is distinguished by ownership and control of means of production. His idea of class and social divide is still the nature of the system. His views of technology concluded the idea that no matter how "mysterious, or complex it another way to productivity of exploitation of workers".
Theodore John Kaczynski, otherwise known as the 'Unabomber' is an American who struck a nationwide bombing protest against modern technology and killed three people. In 1995, he sent letters to media explaining his aims and demanding that his essay 'Industrial society and its future' which was later called 'Unabomber manifesto' be printed in newspapers and then he would end the bombs.
So exactly what would the unabomber think about this new technology 'Google glasses'? Good or bad? From his experiences it is highly doubtful he would have wanted this new, fresh, 'cool' modern technology considering he campaigned a line of modern technology.
I asked others what they thought of the glasses.
A 21-year-old computer student; "They.Are.Epic"
A 19-year-old child care student; "It would annoy me"
Myself and my journalism class were also not exactly thrilled of the idea of wearing computer glasses yet who are we to complain when we live for technology?
Google suggests that wearing these glasses we become "super-beings" however; it could be irritating having a computer constantly connected to our eyes. Do advertisements bother you? Imagine them in your face permanently. There is also the possibility of them being dangerous as it will be a huge distraction from reality. Driving a car or walking in the street could cause injuries all for a new technological device. Is it worth losing a limb?
