by Bruce Tyson

Created on: February 25, 2012

Does Google have to do everything? The company that started as an Internet search engine now powers mobile phones, maps the planet and dispatches driverless cars. Now the company that brought us Street View and a truckload of privacy concerns aims to make lives better by selling Terminator glasses.

About Terminator Glasses

Google Glasses work a lot like the glasses the Terminator used in the popular movie series. Rather than going to all the trouble to look-up information on a smartphone or tablet, these glasses will display information right before the eyes of the wearer.

Letting the Cat out of the Bag

Anonymous Google employees who do not want to get fired have told the New York Times that Google Glasses will go on sale by the end of 2012. This means that mobile users will soon have the ability to surf the Web, watch movies and check stocks without holding anything in their hands.

The workers who let the cat out of the bag say that Google Glasses will sell for about the same price as Android-powered smartphones sell for. The glasses will have wireless data connections, motion sensors and GPS indicators.

Word from a Google Blogger

A blogger who follows Google told the Times that the Google Glasses will look like a Thumps, a model of sunglasses made by Oakley. That blogger first picked up on rumors of Google Glasses at the end of last year. Google has not designed these advanced glasses for constant use, so all but the geekiest nerds will only wear them when needed.

Controlling Google Glasses

Google Glasses will include one of the most advanced hands-free interfaces ever developed. To navigate with the glasses, users must tilt their heads and use other motion-based gestures. The glasses will learn and adapt to user patterns.

A built-in camera on the Google Glasses will keep the glasses aware of their surroundings. They will detect and identify faces and objects and provide overlays that tell the user who people are and what buildings and physical features surround them.

Privacy Issues

As usual, Google has involved itself in technologies that can cause serious privacy problems. After all, everyone and everything that crosses the path of Google Glasses users will have their image, their appearance, their location and their activities permanently saved onto the Google data grid. People who do not want their activities captured by Google Glasses may have strong objections to the device.

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