Google glasses: A view of the future

Google revealed last week that it was working on a pair of Internet-connected spectacles able to do “everything you now need a smartphone or tablet computer to do—and then some.” The glasses will display readouts on the lenses, above the normal line of sight; as you’re walking, Google Maps directions will “appear literally before your eyes.” When you meet someone new, their social-network profile will appear next to their face. Google claims to have already built a prototype, despite skepticism from the tech world that such technology yet exists. But if Google can bring this wearable computer to the masses, we’ll be nearing the point “where the line between human and machine blurs.” Read more here