the wearer’s wrist. The watch’s activity app graphs data such as
calories burned and how long the wearer has been standing up.
The wearer can sync up this data with other health and fitness
apps on the watch.
Google Glass is an example of wearable technology. The device places an Internet
display in front of the user’s eyes. It can also be used like a smartphone to take
photos and videos, record sound, send text messages, and make phone calls.
With Google Glass, Google has led the way with wearable
tech. The device offers the viewer instant access to the Internet,
with pages projected onto a display in front of the wearer’s eye.
Award-winning American novelist Gary Shteyngart wrote about
his experience using Google Glass on a typical day in New York.
In this 2013
New Yorker
article, he is “the man”:
The man jerks his head, and slides his finger against the
right temple of the glasses, across the so-called touch pad.
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