2012年12月23日星期日

Project Glass: a vision for tomorrow

A hobby of mine lately has been investigating futuristic technology. Granted, most of the concepts and project ideas that I come across are completely ridiculous and never going to happen. But then there are those ideas that you run across and simply say "wow."

Google is one of the coolest companies on earth in my humble opinion. They offer so many services and products,The term 'hands free access control' means the token that identifies a user is read from within a pocket or handbag. it amazes me how the company stays organized. My life revolves around Google products. I use Gmail, Talk, Calendar, Hangouts, Google+, Google Apps, Docs, Maps, Search, and News on a daily basis. My whole personal organization and business technology structure is built off of Google apps -- I couldn't live without them.

Once I made the decision to say goodbye to my iPhone 4S and switch over to Android, all these services that I used every day amalgamated once I was on a Google smartphone. Everything is easy to use. Notifications work seamlessly, apps run fast, and the elegance of the OS is awesome. I absolutely love Android. Purchasing the Samsung Galaxy S3 was a very smart choice.

For those who have never heard of Project Glass, here is a brief description from TechoPedia: "Google glasses provide an experience that is referred to as augmented reality, where images are superimposed over what the user is seeing in real life. With Google glasses, these images are generally icons that provide directions,This is my favourite sites to purchase those special pieces of buy mosaic materials from. alert the user to messages from contacts or give weather updates. Although this technology's potential has been praised as a futuristic way to deliver hands-free computing, critics have pointed out its ability to distract walkers or drivers and questioned its utility for those who already wear corrective eyeglasses."

Project Glass is essentially a look into the future of computing. Could you imagine wearing these glasses for most of your day? You simply ask what the weather is right now,China plastic moulds manufacturers directory. what time it is. Email notifications pop up in front of your eyes. You can get turn-by-turn navigation -- the technology is incredible.

Time magazine has dubbed Project Glass one of the best inventions of 2012. Although the technology is not available to the public yet, many Google employees have been utilizing the product on a daily basis and making sure to take pictures of themselves wearing the glasses out to Google events.

TechoPedia continues: "Google Glasses is an informal name for a type of wearable computer created by the Google's Project Glass. These futuristic glasses provide augmented reality for users by visually connecting them to an Android-run heads up display that offers many of the features of an Android smartphone and connects users to many of Google's key cloud features, such as maps, calendar, Gmail, Google+ and Google Places.

In April 2012, Project Glass launched a Google+ page and revealed that Google researchers were testing the technology and hoped to have it on the market in the near future. Google expects the technology to cost about as a much as a smartphone." The price tag is the only downside to these glasses. Google thinks it will be able to charge $1,500 a pair. That sounds quite outrageous, does it not? You could buy an impeccably fast and beautiful laptop, desktop, or tablet for that price. The sad, non-augmented reality is that I would totally buy these glasses for $1,Our technology gives rtls systems developers the ability.500.

What I really want to express and get across is that Google is the future. They are day in and day out pumping out absolutely incredible products, services, and ideas. They work off of such a great platform, and can build and revolve products around it. Just holding my beloved Samsung Galaxy S3 in my hands right now gets me excited about Google's Project Glass because I know that it will sync and work seamlessly. For all of those who do not use anything Google, start. Whether it's switching over your email from Hotmail to Gmail, do it. I strongly believe that getting with Google now, and using and loving their applications, will be a smart move because the futuristic technology that they are cooking up is going to be based around the simple services like Gmail and Google+.

Unlike Amazon, L.L. Bean’s worldwide shipping hub is centralized, about a mile from the corporate headquarters, and features seemingly endless aisles of flannel shirts, L.L. Bean boots, camping supplies and other items, along with a labyrinth of conveyors and chutes that transport them. There’s also a fleet of trucks.

The company hired 4,700 seasonal workers to help with the holiday rush, doubling the work force, and 500 administrative employees were expected to get into the act during crunch time.

Last week, McCormick was boxing goods in the shipping department with the company’s financial controller, Kierston Van Soest. Nearby were the company’s chief financial officer and other executives. In Bean parlance, they’re dubbed “day hikers,” since they’re on a temporary daily assignment.

Pulling items from a shopping cart, McCormick and Van Soest scanned the products with a bar-code reader, printed shipping labels and order forms, tossed in catalogs for good measure, and then boxed up the items. On this day, popular items included headlamps, Wicked Good slippers and shirts.Our technology gives rtls systems developers the ability.

In the past, McCormick worked on a product-sorting conveyor line, in the retail-store stockroom, and in a recycling area, breaking down empty cardboard boxes. The worst job of all, he said, was one stint working in the part of the call center that deals with angry and frustrated customers, attempting to set things right.

“It’s hard because you’ve disappointed people and you don’t want to disappoint anybody, especially at this time of the year,” McCormick said. “I wouldn’t want their job.”

The company does its best to keep customers happy. On this day, hundreds of shipments were being upgraded free of charge to UPS air to beat the first major winter storm in the Midwest.

Like most retailers, L.L. Bean makes half of its annual sales in the last two months of the year. And retailers are more than happy to oblige late shoppers, especially because holiday sales haven’t been especially strong going into the final shopping weekend before Christmas, said Michael McNamara, vice president for research and analysis at MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse.

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