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Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Re: Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Post by devcpp »

kunai wrote: post #8

Is this seriously the future? Where people are so lazy they can't use any strength at all to open a fridge or pressing a goddamn button to open a garage? Guess I should have seen it coming. I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives. Only because it's not technology. It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier. Stop the madness. /old person rant

>I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives.

That's kind of strong...

>It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier.

You seem to believe that humans are supposed to use their muscles to do stuff. But why should we not voluntarily "evolve" to become intelligences that control our environment through our brains and harness it through minimal interactions? Is our goal not to discover everything and discard unimportant distractions such as opening the fridge and going to the mall from the seeking of knowledge?

It's a matter of opinions, but just remember that this is not intrinsincally bad. If we can alter our bodies to become detached from physical needs such as feeding, sleeping and everything that we do to prevent our deaths, I can say I'd embrace it.

Re: Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Post by kunai »

infoman wrote: post #9
kunai wrote: post #8

Is this seriously the future? Where people are so lazy they can't use any strength at all to open a fridge or pressing a goddamn button to open a garage? Guess I should have seen it coming. I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives. Only because it's not technology. It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier. Stop the madness. /old person rant

Y U NO walk to wallmart? Why do you drive by car?

I do walk to the local grocery store. I don't own a car.

Re: Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Post by Lambdanaut »

kunai wrote: post #8

Is this seriously the future? Where people are so lazy they can't use any strength at all to open a fridge or pressing a goddamn button to open a garage? Guess I should have seen it coming. I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives. Only because it's not technology. It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier. Stop the madness. /old person rant

It's not like using that strength to open the fridge is beneficial in any way. You're not going to pump iron flipping your light switch, man.

The more time I save managing the daily nuisances of my house, the more I can spend on my exercise routine, and other things that require actual mental effort.

Re: Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Post by kunai »

devcpp wrote: post #11
kunai wrote: post #8

Is this seriously the future? Where people are so lazy they can't use any strength at all to open a fridge or pressing a goddamn button to open a garage? Guess I should have seen it coming. I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives. Only because it's not technology. It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier. Stop the madness. /old person rant

>I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives. That's kind of strong... >It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier. You seem to believe that humans are supposed to use their muscles to do stuff. But why should we not voluntarily "evolve" to become intelligences that control our environment through our brains and harness it through minimal interactions? Is our goal not to d…

I admit, the suicide part was far-fetched, but tell me once that you'd like to sit in front of a computer all day, absorbing knowledge endlessly.

No food. No walking. No sleeping. No sex.

Tell me that you would want that.

Who wants to be a brain?

Re: Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Post by zimbatm »

kunai wrote: post #14
devcpp wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives. That's kind of strong... >It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier. You seem to believe that humans are supposed to use their muscles to do stuff. But why should we not voluntarily "evolve" to become intelligences that control our environment through our brains and harness it through minimal interactions? Is our goal not to d…

I admit, the suicide part was far-fetched, but tell me once that you'd like to sit in front of a computer all day, absorbing knowledge endlessly. No food. No walking. No sleeping. No sex. Tell me that you would want that. Who wants to be a brain?

me

Re: Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Post by phaylon »

rimantas wrote: post #5
myko wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why wouldn't one wear them while driving? One of my first ideas for Glass is to act as a HUD for driving information. Especially for motorcyclists, having speed information and even rear view camera easily within your field of vision sounds like an excellent use of this technology.

The most important information while driving is in front of you and not on a HUD.

I think that is actually his point. If you don't have to turn your head to the side to look back, at your speed, etc., the road ahead stays at least in your peripheral vision, at most an eye movement away.

I mean, have you seen how some people fiddle with their radios while driving? Personally, I'd be happy if at least a part of those people had the chance to keep their eyes on front while they do that. I might be biased though, due to the german speed limits and not being a driver myself :)

Re: Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Post by Cushman »

kunai wrote: post #14
devcpp wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives. That's kind of strong... >It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier. You seem to believe that humans are supposed to use their muscles to do stuff. But why should we not voluntarily "evolve" to become intelligences that control our environment through our brains and harness it through minimal interactions? Is our goal not to d…

I admit, the suicide part was far-fetched, but tell me once that you'd like to sit in front of a computer all day, absorbing knowledge endlessly. No food. No walking. No sleeping. No sex. Tell me that you would want that. Who wants to be a brain?

I am a brain, wired permanently to a pretty primitive first-run body. It works okay, but it's all downhill for the next fifty-eighty years or so.

Why on earth wouldn't I want to upgrade that?

Re: Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Post by doctorstupid »

Lambdanaut wrote: post #13
kunai wrote: post #8

Is this seriously the future? Where people are so lazy they can't use any strength at all to open a fridge or pressing a goddamn button to open a garage? Guess I should have seen it coming. I'll commit suicide long before this kind of "technology" arrives. Only because it's not technology. It does nothing to advance the human race except make them lazier. Stop the madness. /old person rant

It's not like using that strength to open the fridge is beneficial in any way. You're not going to pump iron flipping your light switch, man. The more time I save managing the daily nuisances of my house, the more I can spend on my exercise routine, and other things that require actual mental effort.

What's the point in opening a fridge remotely if you're not there to take food out?

Jokes aside, I get your point, but I have concerns. The more we dislocate our physical presence from our environment, the less our environment will require us over anyone else. Your fridge, by needing a physical operator to share its location in space, provides a safeguard against someone on the other side of the world hacking it and ruining your food.

Re: Google applies for another Glass patent, controlling your home

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Post by darkarmani »

rimantas wrote: post #5
myko wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why wouldn't one wear them while driving? One of my first ideas for Glass is to act as a HUD for driving information. Especially for motorcyclists, having speed information and even rear view camera easily within your field of vision sounds like an excellent use of this technology.

The most important information while driving is in front of you and not on a HUD.

What about checking your blindspots? My 2005 subaru outback has terrible visibility when trying to look back and left (the posts somehow block most of the view). On highway merges, my spouse helps check the blindspot for me or I ask her to look ahead while i crane my neck around.
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