Google Glass

Google Glass is the next big thing in portable technology. It is a wearable Device developed by Google that can interact with the Internet via voice commands. The Glass has embedded camera which is recording your first-person perspective, allowing you to take snaps or footage of what you are actually seeing.

The Glass can do a plethora of things which don’t require any taps or navigation. It responds instead to voice commands, taking pictures with a wink, search, share content, video recording, detect objects in front of you and look up related information like directions or maps etc.

It has a microphone and touchpad on one arm of the frame which can select what you want to do with a brief gesture or by talking to the device, and Google Glass will interpret your commands. To activate Glass, wearers tilt their heads upward or tap the touchpad, and say "O.K., Glass” followed by a command. The sound will be produced through bone conduction transfer - vibrating your skull to transmit to your ears.

The device features includes 640 x 360 display, built in 5MP camera that can film at 720p and a battery that can handle one full day of typical use. There's 16GB of flash memory built into the device, although only 12GB will be available for user storage. Bluetooth and WiFi will be built in, but no GPS chip - so the Glass will probably work best when you pair with any Bluetooth enabled phone.

According to Google the display is "the equivalent of a 25-inch high definition screen from eight feet away". The device has the ability to sync to your Google Drive in the cloud.

Google is also working on designer versions which will include prescription lenses.