The future has arrived

[GordonGecko]

[vanshnookenraggen]

Much like those Bluetooth things anyone who actually wears one of these will look like a complete idiot.

[Ninjahedge]

Until they become a mainstay.

I think a rear projected HUD on glasses/sunglasses would work better, although focus at that distance would be difficult.

[ZippyTheChimp]

Much like those Bluetooth things anyone who actually wears one of these will look like a complete idiot.

When people first started using earbuds and other hands-free devices to talk on cells, I thought there was an explosion of crazy people walking around talking to themselves.

Just a matter of time.

Then someone will figure out a way to make implants...and off we go.

[GordonGecko]

Then someone will figure out a way to make implants...and off we go.

Actually, there are working prototypes of contact lenses that can display dynamic pixels:



Soon they'll figure out how to produce self-powered full blown streaming content. That's close enough to an implant right there
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/0...ality-glasses/

[ZippyTheChimp]

We are Borg.

[Ninjahedge]

It is the next step of evolution.

The problem is, with things like electronics, I would hate to be the one with obsolete hardware......


(Although, Zip, this is more like Geordi than Borg.....)

[ZippyTheChimp]

It's only a matter of time until a world's dumbest criminal wears one while robbing a bank.

[Ninjahedge]

It's only a matter of time until a world's dumbest criminal wears one while robbing a bank.

And then sues the bank and the MFR because they trip on an uneven tile in the entryway while running out and checking traffic at the same time......