Glass

Hello friends! I am Vipul Khullar, a first year CSE undergrad. A few years ago, I watched Pranav Mistry's video on TED explaining the mind-boggling technology created by him, The Sixth Sense! I believed that something like that could only happen in about 20-30 years! :P But with the fast growth of technology in the past few years, smartphones with awesome computing speeds are in our hands and with the launch of the Google Glass, I'm sure the time is near when the Gesture Technology will be a part of our daily lives.

So what's a Google Glass ? Is it just another pair of goggles or something that is technologically advanced, capable of doing numerous work with ease and grace? Obviously, you already know the answer :D

Google glass as the name implies is a pair of glasses that you wear but it can do things what no other spectacles can even dream of. And the specs on these "specs" are quite mind boggling. It has a tiny high resolution screen embedded right where your peripheral vision starts and because it's so close that to eye it appears like a 25 inch screen! The glass band has a touch pad that lets you to slide your fingers up and down to scroll through pages and you tap to select an item. The bone conduction transducer transmits sound directly to ears thus eliminating the need of headphones

This device is also fitted with speakers, microphone, and a motion sensor that interpret command based on wearer's head movements. Eye movements can also be used to control the device and simple head motion allow you to scroll through apps which is really amazing! Google glass allows you to do everything that a smartphone does without you having to fish it out of pocket. It can film or photograph on demand, provide real time info on your head plus blink your eyes twice to activate picture boggling features.Shake your head at left to see news, notification emails etc. It also tells exact GPS location, bio-data, meetings and the schedule for the evening. Whisper into the microphone to activate face recognition feature and much more.

If my entire futuristic description has astonished you and excited you towards technology then you are not alone. But let me clarify you it is not about the future, this is about now. Google Glasses and other tech glasses like The Sixth Sense by Pranav Mistry has now reached a point where it's no longer about imagining all these awesome things. This could well be our lives from here on. So Long Guys!

PS : One more awesome feature of the Glass according to me would be the the ability to check the opponent's power level, which would be quite a useful thing for geeks like me :D Only Dragon Ball Z fans will get this :P