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Ideal for those who always dreamed of becoming a spy (or Stasi informant). $1500 gets you a stealthy camera with NSA uplink.
You'd be much better off with something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Camera-Watch-Video-Recorder....
Can anyone spot where the TI Omap 4 processor is in this?
Of the three largest chips, it's the furthest to the right (in case the large Texas shape didn't tip you off ;) ).
Can anyone spot where the TI Omap 4 processor is in this?
Yep, it's right here: http://www.catwig.com/google-glass-teardown/teardown/mainboa... Of the three largest chips, it's the furthest to the right (in case the large Texas shape didn't tip you off ;) ).
I turned off my proximity sensor (that's an option in settings -- "On-Head Detection") because the false positives (like turning on or off because my finger covered the sensor briefly) were more annoying than having to turn it on and off with the power button.
So unless there's more use for the proximity sensor I'd say this is a small price to pay if you want to attach google glass to your regular glasses.
One possible use for the proximity sensor, though, is wink detection: https://github.com/kaze0/winky
On the other hand, there's a dedicated button for taking a picture so winking as an input method I think would only be useful in situations where you don't want to use either your hands or your voice. And there may well be such situations.
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499$ Glass is the new iPad.
All kidding aside, Glass will go head to head with iWatch or whatever else wearable devices that the various companies come out with.
A watch could never do augmented reality overlays -- heck, even a phone can do those better than a watch ever could. IMO that's like saying the iPad will go head to head with laptops -- it's an apples-to-oranges comparison.
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Yep, it's right here: http://www.catwig.com/google-glass-teardown/teardown/mainboa... Of the three largest chips, it's the furthest to the right (in case the large Texas shape didn't tip you off ;) ).
That's a TWL6030 power management chip, used for charging and powering the board from the battery. There are no side photos, but sometimes there is a trick you can do with the OMAP: put it under the RAM. It can provide pins for the RAM to be soldered on.
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All kidding aside, Glass will go head to head with iWatch or whatever else wearable devices that the various companies come out with.
A watch computer != a HUD. A watch could never do augmented reality overlays -- heck, even a phone can do those better than a watch ever could. IMO that's like saying the iPad will go head to head with laptops -- it's an apples-to-oranges comparison.
