What if Trayvon Martin was wearing Google Glasses? • Hacker News Board

Re: What if Trayvon Martin was wearing Google Glasses?

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Post by DanBC » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 1:45 PM UTC

hga wrote: post #10

PaulHoule wrote: post #8

I'd rather be wearing an Iron Man suit that works and open a can of Whoop-Ass on 'em myself. The question is: what is the MVP?

If this is a serious question I've got ideas, and I strongly recommend reading a particular slow glass story by Bob Shaw ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_light#Slow_light_in_fictio... ). This last one I remember, as he worked through the possibilities, entails the authorities spreading very small spheres of slow glass in public places. If an incident occurred, they'd just vacuum up some of them and wait for the li…

How expensive is a rolling buffer of 1 minute, which then gets written to disk (with everything following it written to disc too) when a button is pushed?

I'm imagining something like the Cisco Flip but at 360 (or maybe 720) and with much better batteries. (My Flip uses 2 AA batteries or a rechargeable battery pack.)

Re: What if Trayvon Martin was wearing Google Glasses?

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Post by DanBC » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 1:48 PM UTC

erickuhn19 wrote: post #14

bobdvb wrote: post #3

Isn't wearing Google Glasses reason enough to get shot?

No

People get mugged for cell phones. (At least they used to, often, I'm not sure how common it is now.)

I can imagine someone getting mugged, perhaps violently, for their Glass or some future version glass.

Re: What if Trayvon Martin was wearing Google Glasses?

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Post by erickuhn19 » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 2:05 PM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #22

erickuhn19 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No

People get mugged for cell phones. (At least they used to, often, I'm not sure how common it is now.) I can imagine someone getting mugged, perhaps violently, for their Glass or some future version glass.

Advanced devices like a future version of Google Glass will be incredibly hard to re-use or sell once stolen. The devices are customized to the individual and the device will know when the owner is not wearing it.